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Sun, Nov 20, 2005 06:36:50 AM


ω recovery envy or gratitude? α
posted: Sun, Nov 20, 2005 06:36:50 AM

 

quite a dilemma which to choose from? i know i am often guilty of envying someone else's recovery especially when it appears that they seem to be doing this recovery gig better than me. i often miss the signs of distress and pain, because i focus on the toys i see them accumulating, the places they seem to be jetting off to every week and the size of their apparent bank account.
truthfully, however, i really do not lack for any of the creature comforts in my life. i have a comfortable home, i have the love of someone special, i have friends who actually want me to be around, i have a family that cherishes their time with me and i have the means to provide the money to make my life quite comfortable. but more to the point, i have a path to follow that will sustain me if all else fails. i have the ways and means to become more than i ever dreamed, i have a safety net of friends and peers who will hold me up when i cannot stand on my own two feet and best of all i have a loving HIGHER POWER THAT KEEPS ME CLEAN AND PROVIDES FOR ALL MY NEEDS!
so what more do i need -- i mean really?
well a million or so dollars would come in handy or an all expense paid vacation to Italy for me and my honey would be nice, but you know, i really have all that i need and right here, right now, i can be grateful for that!
∞ DT ∞

 

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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