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โˆž my gratitude speaks โˆž

Posted: Tue, May 3, 2005 05:57:34 AM

ok, this could be quite the list of all i am grateful for today. or i could write about how i share my gratitude. or i could go off on an entirely different tangent.
i think a tangent is where i am this morning, after working with a sponsee and dragging a newcomer off to a meeting last night, i get a sense of something new growing inside of me. what exactly this something new is, i have not a clue, i only know that i have been resistant and have tried to prevent anything from happening for the past couple of weeks. i am afraid of what is happening because lately every time i got a new tool or feeling, i become so passionate and entirely consumed by it that i have to back-off and isolate for a few days and let it integrate into my global view of self, so i do not have to clean-up behind me. the sense of what i think is happening is a resolution of the current manifestation of my insanity and i am more than a bit uncertain of the outcome. so my normal reaction these days is to block the process with all my will and run from my feelings, just like i have been doing. i also know that when i finally decide to let go and allow the process to continue i feel better and move forward.
so i guess i am grateful that i am not starting over from day 3, merely going through yet another phase of growth and integration. DAMMIT!
∞ 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 1

4) (Those who) possessed the highest (sense of) propriety were (always
seeking) to show it, and when men did not respond to it, they bared
the arm and marched up to them.