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Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2022 08:41:11 AM

of trouble, i have the FAITH to walk forward, thanks to the program of recovery that has brought me this far. yesterday, after my phone blowing up at 8 AM, i decide it was time to put some boundaries on my job search and when the swarm of recruiters can call me and when i am going to have some time for myself. it seems that now that i am unemployed, others have “better” ideas about how i should spend my day and have “favors” for me to do, even though they are physically capable of doing it for themselves. do i sound a bit bitter? it just happens that i am. when someone can take themselves out to do what they “want” to do, but tell me they incapable of taking themselves out to do what they “need” to do, i get a bit put off and angry. i know that venting about this, will only help me dump my feelings, as they will never get it, as i was told this morning from a very trusted source, the source of my ire, will never change, no matter how hard i push them to step up and be responsible for themselves. be that as it may, time to move along:

Margaret C
Congrats on Twenty-Eight (28) years clean.


one benefit of being unemployed, is that i no longer have to run at dawn's early light. it still may be cold out there, but at least it is not dark. i have been doing this fitness gig for a few years now, and one might say i am a bit obsessed. i started doing it for the money my previous company would give me, and i continue doing it, because i have FAITH that by doing so, i may actually remain healthy and active for years to come. my notion is that because i choose to take care of my physical health with exercise and my spiritual health, by living a program of recovery, just for today, i may actually age “well.” i know that is also a leap of FAITH as i cannot stave off getting older, if i choose to stay on this side of the turf. what i get is today and today, i do believe i will post this little tidbit of my feelings on the internet and dress warmly enough to enjoy my workout of this winter's day. it is after all a good day to be clean.

∞ 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

2) When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them
safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil
on itself. When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished,
to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.