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Sat, Oct 3, 2020 11:59:44 AM


😠 living in harmony 😣
posted: Sat, Oct 3, 2020 11:59:44 AM

 

with the world around me has never been something that i could just do. DESIRE and what i needed took precedence over everything else and what anyone else might need or desire. i pushed, prodded and manipulated my way to getting the outcomes i desires and woe to those who got in my way. this morning, as i pound this out from a few miles away from home, i have to consider how far i have come. i certainly want to get things to go my way, that has not changed. i can still hammer the world around me, to make it fit my vision. what is evident for me today, is that i no longer NEED to have things come out the way i desire and ii can take a cup that is half full, instead oh whining and complaining about it.
as i was walking by the shore of Lake Estes, i was asked about what we would do, if i could not find a new job, by the time my current one was done. i really have not thought that out, as i fully intend to find a job before mine disappears. i think i will go with that and head on out into the real world. self-will and ego be damned, i am going to let go and have a good time!

∞ DT ∞

 

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α living in harmony Ω 342 words ➥ Monday, October 3, 2005 by: donnot
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μ addiction and self-will go hand in hand, unmanageability is a product of my self-will μ 285 words ➥ Friday, October 3, 2008 by: donnot
± i am learning to consult spiritual principles, not my selfish desires, in making decisions ± 675 words ➥ Saturday, October 3, 2009 by: donnot
§ i find that i lead a richer, happier, and much fuller life § 370 words ➥ Sunday, October 3, 2010 by: donnot
† my ego, once so large and dominant, can now take a back seat † 472 words ➥ Monday, October 3, 2011 by: donnot
∫ today, i seek freedom from ego and the conflicts generated by self-will ∫ 704 words ➥ Wednesday, October 3, 2012 by: donnot
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✋ freedom from ego ✌ 579 words ➥ Monday, October 3, 2016 by: donnot
🍎 the fullness 🍏 685 words ➥ Tuesday, October 3, 2017 by: donnot
🤯 excluding myself 🤫 462 words ➥ Wednesday, October 3, 2018 by: donnot
😎 acting on 😎 498 words ➥ Thursday, October 3, 2019 by: donnot
😃 my selfish desires 😉 186 words ➥ Sunday, October 3, 2021 by: donnot
😈 my ideas, 😉 438 words ➥ Monday, October 3, 2022 by: donnot
🏳 surrendering 🏳 544 words ➥ Tuesday, October 3, 2023 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 2

2) When the mother is found, we know what her children should be.
When one knows that he is his mother's child, and proceeds to guard
(the qualities of) the mother that belong to him, to the end of his
life he will be free from all peril.