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Mon, Aug 22, 2005 05:42:00 AM
∞ serving others, serving myself ∞
posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 05:42:00 AM
thinking about my service efforts these days has me wondering if i really am doing all that i need to. then i quickly inventory my efforts and list them against the rest of what i need or want to do on a daily basis and come to the conclusion that i probably am. the problem is really not how much i am doing but rather how well i am balancing my service efforts within my life. and today it is that balance that needs to be adjusted and not by removing anything, but by readjusting the relative values of each part and prioritizing each element on a day to day basis.
i will continue to be of service on both an organized level and personally when asked and when i have the resources available.
today things feel balanced and i feel a part of the fellowship that saved my life.
∞ DT ∞
i will continue to be of service on both an organized level and personally when asked and when i have the resources available.
today things feel balanced and i feel a part of the fellowship that saved my life.
∞ 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 2
4) The great state only wishes to unite men together and nourish them;
a small state only wishes to be received by, and to serve, the other.
Each gets what it desires, but the great state must learn to abase
itself.