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Posted: Tue, May 31, 2005 05:35:39 AM

well, it has been a few days since i wrote this,. i could make an excuse or three, but the truth is i was so caught up in what was happening this weekend, i chose not to spend the time to practice my daily exercise of writing this blog.
now that i am back home and starting to get back into the swing of things, i realize that allowing myself the freedom to be myself, and be where i happen to be was what the reading was talking about. today has come and i have to come back and face the realities of my day, today.
i am actually in a very good spot this morning although there seems to be a few messes that need to be dealt with here and now. i will not go into those in this small musing, but they are immediate concerns that i will face and take care of as my day goes on.
among the rest of what is going on in my head is a sense of gratitude for being allowed to participate in an event that may change how i look at the world of service and my part in it. i also got the privilege of attending a meeting far from home. the addicts in Nashville took care of me, providing an alternative to sitting in my hotel room and isolating. i did something new, i asked for a ride and got one, i got to spend some time fellowshipping with addicts who dis not know who i was and yet accepted me as a brother and one of their peers.
and for me that experience was the most exciting part of my trip. i was accepted and loved be men that did not who i was, and they allowed me the time to share my experience, strength and hope with them, providing just one more piece of evidence against the argument that i have nothing to offer anyone.
i am clean today, i have planned my day to do those things that i believe i can accomplish and will start doing what i need to, to do it. i am happy and grateful to be a part of this fellowship today.
∞ 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

1) All things are produced by the Tao, and nourished by its outflowing
operation. They receive their forms according to the nature of each,
and are completed according to the circumstances of their condition.
Therefore all things without exception honour the Tao, and exalt its
outflowing operation.