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โ†” courage and recovery โ†”

Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 05:48:29 AM

do i have the courage to recover? some days it feels i do not even have the courage to get out of bed! i know that courage does not equal lack of FEAR. i also know when i feel FEARLESS about something it does not necessarily mean that i am practicing courage. so, for me, is facing my fear and walking through it, regardless of what it entails. so far, no situation i have had to face since i started recover has killed me, even though at the time it felt that it would. i do not know where the line will be crossed where the FEAR of proceeding will be stronger than my determination to see this through. i do know that if i want to continue to grow my recovery i will have to continue to face my demons and fears and move forward and have the FAITH that on the other side i will be a better person.
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Tao Te Ching

☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and Its Characteristics
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 2

1) If I were suddenly to become known, and (put into a position to)
conduct (a government) according to the Great Tao, what I should be
most afraid of would be a boastful display.