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Fri, Jun 22, 2018 09:53:41 AM


🌌 the full force of life 🌈
posted: Fri, Jun 22, 2018 09:53:41 AM

 

well it has been one of those mornings where everything i do takes a few minutes longer than i expect. it is what it is and taking a few minutes out of the limited time i do have this morning, is certainly the best thing i can do, right here and right now. even with some clean time under my belt, i certainly do have an issue or two, accepting what life happens to pitch at me on most days. i have expectations and things i believe i may be entitled to and both of those get in the way of being okay with my life. in fact, there are days when FML seems not only appropriate but <GASP> justified! when that happens, the first thing i usually do not reach for, is the means to restore balance between my expectations and my perception of reality. no the first thing i reach for, is someone or something to blame, to relieve me of my burden of having to accept of changing my perspective. ingrained habits are the hardest to have removed. that habit, happens to be one that i created long before i used and polished to a very nice finish in active addiction. i want what i want, when i want it and fVck everything else. not a very spiritual lens through which to view reality.
i do have a whole lot of data to analyze today, so although i might be able to write hundreds and hundreds of words about this topic, i will accept that my time is limited and post this as is. yes, i can have a better day, if i allow myself a moment to seek the balance i desire, instead of forcing things to go the way i DESIRE.

∞ DT ∞

 

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Another Look!

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δ practice, practice, practice δ 305 words ➥ Wednesday, June 22, 2005 by: donnot
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‰ in recovery, i am finding it essential to accept reality. ‰ 511 words ➥ Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by: donnot
⇒ the more i practice the spiritual principles contained in the steps  ⇐ 718 words ➥ Wednesday, June 22, 2011 by: donnot
† when i stop using and practice a program of ACTIVE recovery † 542 words ➥ Friday, June 22, 2012 by: donnot
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☕ as difficult as it ☙ 552 words ➥ Thursday, June 22, 2017 by: donnot
🌬 changing my attitudes 🌫 574 words ➥ Saturday, June 22, 2019 by: donnot
🍳 attempting to change 💫 539 words ➥ Monday, June 22, 2020 by: donnot
😢 my distorted 😢 504 words ➥ Tuesday, June 22, 2021 by: donnot
😡 disappointment, 🤪 574 words ➥ Wednesday, June 22, 2022 by: donnot
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☯ 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

1) The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging
Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging
name.