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Tue, Oct 26, 2021 06:40:12 AM
😶 i have 🙊
posted: Tue, Oct 26, 2021 06:40:12 AM
nothing to hide, is quite admission from one such as myself who has hidden everything from mostly everyone for decades. even a year ago when i was just starting to nibble around the issues of the big lie that i accepted as the TRUTH, i was still in hiding. this morning i see the freedom in letting go of what was and moving forward into the process that is. the toughest problem for me continues to be accepting that i am not broken, nor have i really ever been broken. that was what bubbled up from the depths this morning and it is certainly a good notion to hold on to, as i move into this day.
ironically, there really are no “biggies” this morning. i am okay with how my life is today, just the way it is, sure i could be richer, younger, smarter or better looking, but all of that aside, i really am good today and ready to get moving on my SIXTH STEP. i guess when i have nothing to say, it is better to say nothing at all, save for it is yet another good day to be clean, just for today.
ironically, there really are no “biggies” this morning. i am okay with how my life is today, just the way it is, sure i could be richer, younger, smarter or better looking, but all of that aside, i really am good today and ready to get moving on my SIXTH STEP. i guess when i have nothing to say, it is better to say nothing at all, save for it is yet another good day to be clean, just for today.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
1) Who knows his manhood's strength,
Yet still his female feebleness maintains;
As to one channel flow the many drains,
All come to him, yea, all beneath the sky.
Thus he the constant excellence retains;
The simple child again, free from all stains.
Who knows how white attracts,
Yet always keeps himself within black's shade,
The pattern of humility displayed,
Displayed in view of all beneath the sky;
He in the unchanging excellence arrayed,
Endless return to man's first state has made.
Who knows how glory shines,
Yet loves disgrace, nor e'er for it is pale;
Behold his presence in a spacious vale,
To which men come from all beneath the sky.
The unchanging excellence completes its tale;
The simple infant man in him we hail.