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Sat, Jul 16, 2005 01:33:31 PM
μ coming to believe μ
posted: Sat, Jul 16, 2005 01:33:31 PM
that i am a worthy human being. i know that coming to believe generally is in regards to something entirely different but for me today it has a whole different meaning.
when i got to recovery, i did not believe i suffered from low self-esteem nor that i had low self-worth. those realizations came as a result of working a few steps. and they were disturbing realizations (not one of the three) that shook my world. after a bit of consideration i discovered that they were true and that i needed more work on finding the person who i could consider worth all the work i was doing.
today after a rough week emotionally, the facts that i do make a difference and that i have worth are very important. i can see evidence in my life of growing self-esteem and self-worth and greedily hold on to them (just the evidence). so right here, right now i know that i am worthy of my Higher Power's love and i am coming to believe that i am a worthwhile person.
∞ DT ∞
when i got to recovery, i did not believe i suffered from low self-esteem nor that i had low self-worth. those realizations came as a result of working a few steps. and they were disturbing realizations (not one of the three) that shook my world. after a bit of consideration i discovered that they were true and that i needed more work on finding the person who i could consider worth all the work i was doing.
today after a rough week emotionally, the facts that i do make a difference and that i have worth are very important. i can see evidence in my life of growing self-esteem and self-worth and greedily hold on to them (just the evidence). so right here, right now i know that i am worthy of my Higher Power's love and i am coming to believe that i am a worthwhile person.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
6) Now propriety is the attenuated form of leal-heartedness and good
faith, and is also the commencement of disorder; swift apprehension
is (only) a flower of the Tao, and is the beginning of stupidity.