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Posted: Wed, Sep 1, 2021 06:39:13 AM

of the living is a better place to be, than the world in which i found myself living in for the past seventeen months. i have written about that dank, dreary and grey life enough lately and the time has come to celebrate my return to a life i can be grateful for having. accepting that others may want to fade away, is hard thing for me to do and yet, the closer i get to accepting the fact, the greater my sense of peace and serenity. i know part of what is going on is abject FEAR of witnessing how my life will go, even though i am doing what i can to have a better life, physically, emotionally and spiritually. i want to have a life that does not revolve around a constant barrage of TV reruns and barely stretches beyond my recliner. that may be my fate but i do not have accept that as fact, at least not today.
speaking of today:

Kathy Mc.,
CONGRATS on Twenty-one (21) years clean.
Thank you for keeping me grounded in the world of the living.

this morning, as i sat, i kept coming back to how i can celebrate being part of the world of the living. sure i can mouth the words and fill this space with a pithy bon mot, but does that really express the joy i have found recently in my life. i am not so sure that words are adequate to express what is bubbling up from the deep dark recesses of my soul. i have a job that is challenging and without a doubt going to continue to be so. i have a physical exercise program that is allowing me to look and feel better. i am developing deep and intimate relationships and i find myself more willing to accept the offerings those in my life, choose to send my way. i guess i should just leave it at that and say that this day, i will see what i can do to celebrate my life and the affect i have on others. today, i will strive top enlighten, brighten and ease the burden of living on all of those who choose to be part of my life.

∞ 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

1) To him who holds in his hands the Great Image (of the invisible
Tao), the whole world repairs. Men resort to him, and receive no hurt,
but (find) rest, peace, and the feeling of ease.