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๐ŸŒ„ on a daily basis, ๐ŸŒ„

Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2022 06:23:26 AM

i am given all sorts of gifts, even those i never asked for and did not think i wanted. one of those gifts, one i asked for and received, was the opportunity to get back to work before my savings ran out. as a result of that ask and receive, i am working hard to make a schedule that allows me to commute as well as dive down and put a few words down in this forum, on a daily basis. i am not quite there yet, but i am getting closer.
one of the things that kept me focused and sane as i sought a new job was my daily adherence to practicing my 11TH STEP. just as there was a rhythm to me day, when i was using, so i have created one, now that i am living a program of active recovery. a HIGHER POWER without human attributes does not lend ITSELF to the notion of partnership, very well. even a few years ago, after i started coming to terms with how i saw the POWER that fuels my recovery, i still looked at my relationship with that POWER as a partnership, when it my reality, it is not. things happen, i GET the opportunity to respond, react and grow as a result. quieting my mind, i may actually hear the voice of that POWER, but mostly i feel a sense of belonging and calm on most days. this morning was no different and what i felt this morning was that i am getting closer to getting this new phase of my life figured out. as a result, i need to post this little exercise and head on down to my job. it is a good day to be clean and to be present for every opportunity i am “gifted” with, 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 2

3) There are also three in every ten whose aim is to live, but whose
movements tend to the land (or place) of death. And for what reason?
Because of their excessive endeavours to perpetuate life.