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Wed, Nov 16, 2022 09:05:37 AM


🌝 a very 🌞
posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2022 09:05:37 AM

 

special opportunity to have friendships and relationships beyond my wildest dreams, is what has happened on my recovery journey. this morning as i drove to work on a different day and found my new desk, i wondered about what this day would bring. well for one, someone had poached my desk, as he was confused about the new regime and had not got the communication about what was up. i hated telling him to get lost, but i followed the rules and did what i was supposed to do.
moving into the theme of alone no more, what i “heard” this morning as i sat, was the notion that now that i have been freed from the pall that defined me for so long, i get to choose who is and is not my friend. i no longer feel the need to put more work than the other party into a relationship and as a result, a few people have dropped out of my life. as sad as that may be, i see it as growth, on my part. i wonder if they even notice, as i have not had them reach out to me, at all. that is as it is and i need tom post this little ditty and get back all that i lost in my botched merge from the repo this morning. i am not ready to start over, but i do need to see what i can find. it is a good day to be part of something larger.

∞ DT ∞

 

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Another Look!

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∞ alone?never again! ∞ 367 words ➥ Wednesday, November 16, 2005 by: donnot
↔ i may feel like an alien but i must remember, the alienation is mine, not that of the program ↔ 493 words ➥ Thursday, November 16, 2006 by: donnot
∞ after years of isolation, trying to find a place for myself is not always easy. ∞ 389 words ➥ Friday, November 16, 2007 by: donnot
↔ i may still feel isolated, focusing on the differences rather than the similarities ↔ 129 words ➥ Sunday, November 16, 2008 by: donnot
√ slowly, the recognition and identification i find in the fellowship √ 402 words ➥ Monday, November 16, 2009 by: donnot
ℜ i have gradually and carefully pulled myself out of the ℜ 639 words ➥ Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by: donnot
—  i spent much of my using time alone, avoiding other people —  460 words ➥ Wednesday, November 16, 2011 by: donnot
♥ the friendship offered by the members of this fellowship, ♥ 770 words ➥ Friday, November 16, 2012 by: donnot
χ in this fellowship, i am offered a very special opportunity for friendship. χ 639 words ➥ Saturday, November 16, 2013 by: donnot
¹ the overwhelming feelings that often arise in early recovery ¹ 533 words ➥ Sunday, November 16, 2014 by: donnot
½ alone no more ½ 656 words ➥ Monday, November 16, 2015 by: donnot
❏ finding a place ❐  538 words ➥ Wednesday, November 16, 2016 by: donnot
🚀 pulling myself 🚔 567 words ➥ Thursday, November 16, 2017 by: donnot
🕃 into the mainstream of life 🕄 602 words ➥ Friday, November 16, 2018 by: donnot
🏚 after decades 🏘 445 words ➥ Saturday, November 16, 2019 by: donnot
👽 feeling like an alien 👾 492 words ➥ Monday, November 16, 2020 by: donnot
👤 the lonely 👥 482 words ➥ Tuesday, November 16, 2021 by: donnot
🥴 resilience 🥴 484 words ➥ Thursday, November 16, 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 1

2) The soft overcomes the hard; and the weak the strong.