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Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2017 10:29:40 AM

necessary to foster my recovery allows me to receive the rewards. this morning, being on the verge of pulling out of what has become a banking nightmare. it is almost as if they were doing a bait and switch on us and the feeling that i have done something wrong is gnawing at my self-confidence. as i look over my actions and see that nothing i have done warrants the sort of treatment i have been getting, i truly wonder if we made a poor decision 15 days ago to ditch our current mortgage company. time will tell, i requested some feedback from them. of course i am not being patient, i want instant gratification and of course i will not get it and i will FEEL frustrated and maybe a bit angry. what am i responsible for? well certainly how i handle this whole conundrum, go forward with something that i feel is a bad deal with us or start all over again with someone else. right here and right now, i think i will sit on my hands and allow the powers that be, do their thing.
this little bit of mind-dumpery has taken far longer and been interrupted time and again. i know what i am responsible for today, and squeezing something in, that helps me, between the responsibilities and expectations of my employer and clients, is not the manner in which i usually choose to take care of things. i can feel myself getting caught up in the chaos that is surrounding me and it is not a good place for this addict to be. i want to drop my frustration and anger and participate in a very familiar behavior: stirring the pot! what i am going to do, no matter how difficult, is step away and allow others to live through what they need to live through.
me., today, well i am still struggling with my fear about letting go of what once worked and yes, may still be working and see if i can consciously choose to admit that i am not was well as i want to think i am, just for 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

2) Let the kingdom be governed according to the Tao, and the manes
of the departed will not manifest their spiritual energy. It is not
that those manes have not that spiritual energy, but it will not be
employed to hurt men. It is not that it could not hurt men, but neither
does the ruling sage hurt them.