I have been clean for:
I Stand With Ukraine

Welcome

Journal

Some memes

Feel Free to steal and repost these memes!

Surrender meme Work the steps meme

๐Ÿ˜ฑ as i outgrow ๐Ÿ˜ต

Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2017 08:06:32 AM

old situations, i sometimes lack the FAITH to allow myself to become open to the new ones. what if, however, the change i DESIRE is not happening fast enough and i FEAR that i will be forever locked into a job that i do not like and has no future? the flip side of this equation and although i really think i DESIRE change, perhaps a bit of acceptance and gratitude for what i DO have is called for. a little FAITH that, just for today, i am exactly where i am supposed to be. not quite a 180 degree difference, but certainly close enough for government work, as the saying goes.
i know that change is a part of life, and i also realize that as part of life, my resistance to change, or in the case my self-willing change is the root of my misery, these days. i want more, more fulfillment in my day to day life, more money, more respect and yes more passion in what i do. even though this is the time of year when much of that stuff happens, waiting around for it, sucks! which has to bring me around the bend, to doing something different, no matter how terrible i perceive it to be.i have to find the means to live in a little FAITH this morning and not let my FEAR of nothing changing be quelled.
my difficulty lies in accepting that i have no power over the pace of this change. it is not like the olden days where change was fast and furious and all i wanted was a break from the upheaval that was my life.
the answer? well at least for me today, is to keep pounding the streets, looking for the my next opportunity and while doing so, give my current employers my best effort. there are things coming down the pike, that i may be able to develop a passion for, and i certainly do enjoy the freedom of knowing where my next paycheck is coming from. yes it is true, i hate taking “on-call,” but a bit of acceptance will go a very long way to relieve my self-impose misery, just for today. speaking of which the time has come to get moving into my net task for the day, there are more than few things that my current employer require me to do today and i need to be present and grateful for what i have. change will happen, as long as i keep looking for and grabbing the opportunities that arrive in my INBOX today.

∞ DT ∞


Another Look

This day in older entries

๐Ÿค” how am i ๐Ÿค”
401 words ➥ Friday, December 12, 2025 by donnot
๐Ÿ’ก the idea that ๐Ÿ’ก
519 words ➥ Thursday, December 12, 2024 by donnot
๐ŸŒซ principles and ๐ŸŒซ
401 words ➥ Tuesday, December 12, 2023 by donnot
๐Ÿ˜ฑ losing my ๐Ÿ˜Ž
576 words ➥ Monday, December 12, 2022 by donnot
๐Ÿ˜จ fear of change ๐Ÿ˜จ
277 words ➥ Sunday, December 12, 2021 by donnot
๐ŸŒ‹ all will be well ๐ŸŒž
596 words ➥ Saturday, December 12, 2020 by donnot
๐Ÿ˜ฎ the series ๐Ÿ˜ต
556 words ➥ Thursday, December 12, 2019 by donnot
๐Ÿ˜ˆ trying to grab ๐Ÿ˜‡
442 words ➥ Wednesday, December 12, 2018 by donnot
โ†ฑ each and every โ†ฒ
474 words ➥ Monday, December 12, 2016 by donnot
< fear >
354 words ➥ Saturday, December 12, 2015 by donnot
โˆ€ the more i allow changes to happen in accordance with โˆ€
545 words ➥ Friday, December 12, 2014 by donnot
ยซ my initial emotional reaction to change is fear ยป
540 words ➥ Thursday, December 12, 2013 by donnot
โˆ‚ for some reason, i assume that each and every change โˆ‚
663 words ➥ Wednesday, December 12, 2012 by donnot
ฮ” life is a series of changes, both large and small. ฮ”
464 words ➥ Friday, December 12, 2008 by donnot
โˆž fearing the change or changing the fear โˆž
747 words ➥ Monday, December 12, 2005 by donnot

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

2) Shrinking looked they like those who wade through a stream in winter;
irresolute like those who are afraid of all around them; grave like
a guest (in awe of his host); evanescent like ice that is melting
away; unpretentious like wood that has not been fashioned into anything;
vacant like a valley, and dull like muddy water.