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๐Ÿต imperfection, ๐Ÿต

Posted: Thu, Dec 14, 2023 09:06:01 AM

humanity, and humility. owning that i am imperfect, allows me to feel human and know exactly what is and what is not my best stuff. today, as i decided to walk, rather than do a mixed bag of cardio, walking and climbing up imaginary mountains, i kept coming back to this particular trio, evaluating myself for the things i chided myself for, that are nothing more than being a far from perfect human being. the simple fact of the matter is, that i am much harder on myself, than i am on anyone else and my failure to meet my own expectations is ammo enough for a sound round of severe beating about my figurative head and shoulders. when i consider where i have been and where i happen to be these days, it is easy to get past what i am not and just be comfortable with what i am.
yesterday, a friend who is out and about trying to get their life together asked if it was okay if they gave my contact information as a reference. i told them i was okay with that BUT, i would not lie for them. they came back with did i not know that they had a great work ethic and were reliable as an employee. i said i never worked wit them, so i would not know. they said well you know some of the folks i used to work with, and i said, surprise, surprise, surprise, i never talked about you with them. i mean seriously, who the fVck do they think they are that i would actually waste my time and effort finding out how well they did their job? i wanted to say: fVck you, the world does not revolve around you and i really do not give a flying fVck about how well you worked, once upon a time. i let it go and got back to my work and later that day, they txtd me that they landed a job. i wonder just how long this will last as they are hardly the type to take any disrespect, imagined or real from anyone, for any length of time. i certainly hope things work out for them.
now? well now, it is time to let go of being a judge and return to the land of the living. my leg is stiff and sore after my workout this morning, but that is probably a good thing, as i will need to be able to walk five or six miles a day, in little over a month. my training regime needs to focus on moving and less on cardio, but i will check that notion with my physical therapist this afternoon. it is a great day to be moving forward physically, emotionally and spiritually in my life and letting go of what is not, is a great way to get that ball rolling, just for 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

1) Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, earnestly
carry it into practice. Scholars of the middle class, when they have
heard about it, seem now to keep it and now to lose it. Scholars of
the lowest class, when they have heard about it, laugh greatly at
it. If it were not (thus) laughed at, it would not be fit to be the
Tao.