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∞ footwork and desire ∞

Posted: Tue, Apr 19, 2005 05:28:19 AM

what do i want my life to look like today? that is an excellent question and one i have been twisting about for the past 6 months or so. the problem i have is not that i am unwilling to do the footwork necessary to make my life better, but rather what it is i want to do. the time has come to sit down and take an inventory of exactly what i want.
part of that inventory is already done, i want to remain clean and continue my growth in recovery. i also know hat footwork i need to do to accomplish that desire -- continue doing those things that got me clean to start with. i also know that i want to grow in my personal and romantic relationships. here to i already have clues as to what i need to do -- let myself become an open, honest and caring individual by continuing my growth in recovery. the problem i am having is in my professional and financial life -- i still have no clue as to what i want to be when i grow-up! i know what my talents and abilities are and am having some fear about putting myself out in the job marketplace to see what happens. in fact, i have been unwilling to even begin that footwork. i am afraid of rejection, and leaving the comfortable situation where i am currently employed. but of course i am not getting paid what i feel i am worth so then i get resentful at myself for not moving forward in this respect.
well the reading this morning outlines the exact process for resolving this dilemma -- inventory, investigate, talk with my sponsor and do IT! so the time has come for me to put-up or shut-up and do something about it.
∞ DT ∞

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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

He who in (Tao's) wars has skill
Assumes no martial port;
He who fights with most good will
To rage makes no resort.
He who vanquishes yet still
Keeps from his foes apart;
He whose hests men most fulfil
Yet humbly plies his art.

Thus we say, 'He ne'er contends,
And therein is his might.'
Thus we say, 'Men's wills he bends,
That they with him unite.'
Thus we say, 'Like Heaven's his ends,
No sage of old more bright.'