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โˆซ just as the desperate, hunted animal seeks a safe haven, โˆซ

Posted: Fri, Jul 18, 2014 07:55:33 AM

so do i: in the fellowship that has given me a new life.
desperation, quite the interesting topic, especially sitting here in my comfortable home, in front of a computer that is bought and paid for getting ready to shower and head off to work at a job i really like going to. looking at it like that, how can i even start to write about desperation, seriously, even with the threat of active addiction hanging over my life, desperate is something i just do not feel this morning.
angry? yes, a bit, but that is fading.
put-out? yes, but that too is starting to pass.
i have a lot of different feelings, and i have to be really careful about desperation, especially since my insanity kept me from seeing how desperate i was, when i was sentenced to the path of recovery, even if it was only for three years or less. my close mindedness, and denial kept me from feeling desperate, when i was ready to walk away and say fVck-off, to this whole recovery gig. my desire to look good kept me from seeing the desperation i felt when my sponsor stood me up for a speaking gig, and proceeded to disappear into the ether. so now sitting here this morning, i have to be sure that desperation is not active today, and after a quick inventory i am not feeling desperate, and i need to shower off and get over to work.

∞ 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) Under these two aspects, it is really the same; but as development takes place, it receives the different names. Together we call them
the Mystery. Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful.