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๐Ÿ˜ฒ a whole new life ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

Posted: Sat, Jan 7, 2023 01:10:22 PM

was not what i was seeking when i got clean. all i wanted was relief for the consequences of using. sitting here a year after getting fired for the second time in my professional life, i am amazed the grace that i have received across the course of my recovery. a career that i enjoy and pays my bills, a relationship that has lasted nearly twenty years, the freedom to be myself after hiding for decades and a sense of owning the responsibility for my life and my recovery. as i sit here this afternoon being grateful for what i do have and not being all morose over what i do not have, i can see that i am fulfilled and yes, even happy.
the day ahead is filled with a whole lot of doing nothing, save watching football, enjoying a cigar or two and possibly taking third in my Fantasy Football league. next on my plate is taking the dawg out for a walk and just being okay with whatever happens. i do not have a whole lot going on inside today, but one thing for sure is that, just for today, i do not have to think about why and how i became an addict, all i have to do is focus on being the best recovering person that i can be.

∞ 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

1) The things which from of old have got the One (the Tao) are--

Heaven which by it is bright and pure;
Earth rendered thereby firm and sure;
Spirits with powers by it supplied;
Valleys kept full throughout their void
All creatures which through it do live
Princes and kings who from it get
The model which to all they give. All these are the results of the
One (Tao).