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Wed, May 11, 2005 05:42:25 AM
∞ my balancing act ∞
posted: Wed, May 11, 2005 05:42:25 AM
well another principle that i seem to lack today. from outside appearances it looks like i have this under control, but inside i still feel that the demands on my time are way skewed towards everyone else. this whole balancing act is sometimes way beyond me, i want to be available for my employer and my clients. i want to be able to spend time with my sponsees. i want to be present for my family and significant other. i have to find time to do service and the place i steal time from is from myself.
all this adds up to a life where i come last and end up feeling resentful if anyone needs one more second of my time than i have already allotted.
ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
so once more i will return to the scales and start moving the grains of time around to see where i can find the balance my life so sorely needs!
∞ DT ∞
all this adds up to a life where i come last and end up feeling resentful if anyone needs one more second of my time than i have already allotted.
ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
so once more i will return to the scales and start moving the grains of time around to see where i can find the balance my life so sorely needs!
∞ DT ∞
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
3) (Such an one) cannot be treated familiarly or distantly; he is
beyond all consideration of profit or injury; of nobility or meanness:--he
is the noblest man under heaven.