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Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2018 11:09:48 AM

to see and accept the opportunities to change and grow. after a long night of work and a short time sleeping, i was faced with the fact that part of my website was failing and failing miserably. man was i frustrated and i am certain that my hosting company made changes that prevented it from working. obsessive as i am, i found a work-around and now can finally get on with my day, more than a few hours later that my plan. yes, there was an opportunity for growth and instead of calling customer support, i just did what i could do to make things work. the customer support call may still be in my future, however, for now, i am content to let go and move along.
i find it very unpleasant for someone else to point out my character defects. i believe i have a good enough handle on them and when it is pointed out, that maybe i do not, well all hell breaks loose. the reading reminds me that i am the consumer of my best stories. some of those stories are certainly “fake news,” and some are pure non-fiction. the rub here is that i am not always a good judge of which one of those categories my stories fall into and if there are not elements of both in any particular story. today, as i walk through the little messes i have stumbled into, i WANT to be open to what others tell me and i want to allow myself the FREEDOM to grow. most importantly i want to walk through this day, as-if the whole world is watching my actions and i will be featured on the late local news. not a bad goal, 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 1

3) Therefore he who would administer the kingdom, honouring it as
he honours his own person, may be employed to govern it, and he who
would administer it with the love which he bears to his own person
may be entrusted with it.