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Sat, Jan 18, 2014 09:12:08 AM


¿ what did i do today that i would want to do again ?
posted: Sat, Jan 18, 2014 09:12:08 AM

 

an excellent question! that question really does not apply at this time of day but it certainly an opportunity for me to explore my life on a daily basis, AT THE END OF EACH DAY! yes, i put some emphasis on that, because for me, today, right here and right now is all i have. if i allow my inventory to slip into the next morning, i am already in a just for yesterday program, and all that i did, has been processed and my memory has been transformed. as much as i would love to say, that i see my life much clearer after sleeping, i know that is yet another lie i tell myself. for me, the immediacy of how i feel as i look over my life in the twelve to eighteen hours that is life in the real world is what is important. when i ask myself, what did i do TODAY, that i would want to incorporate into my life TOMORROW, i have moved into a place of love and acceptance of who and what i am. when i change that question to what did i do YESTERDAY, that i want to make part of my life TODAY, i am apt to sugarcoat, or even worse abuse myself with the sins of days past. the daily inventory is just that, a review of my day, in real-time, before i go to sleep. because i do a daily inventory, most nights i sleep very well. i am not usually tossing and turning, trying to get the events of my day settled. a good night's sleep is the immediate gift of a daily inventory. a better life in tomorrow is the differed one for me. life, however moves on, and although i may have more to say, i want to get some stuff done before Broncos time tomorrow, so in the here and now, it is time to say goodbye.

∞ DT ∞

 

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☯ 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

3) He who possesses the mother of the state may continue long. His
case is like that (of the plant) of which we say that its roots are
deep and its flower stalks firm:--this is the way to secure that its
enduring life shall long be seen