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โ†” i continue to apply the principle of honesty each time โ†”

Posted: Wed, Aug 2, 2006 07:45:56 AM

i am faced with the option of either living in fantasy or living life on its own terms.
and you know most days i prefer life on its own terms NOT! the fantasy world of how don sees the real world is more than attractive it its own right. after all, in that world i have no responsibility for my actions, no consequences for bad choices and everything that goes wrong can be blamed on someone or something else. and the best of all i get to take credit for everything that goes right! i get to lie, manipulate and control outcomes and best of all live life in the selfish, self-centered manner that addiction has taught me.
or i can honestly face life on its own terms and take responsibility for my decisions and accept whatever consequences may come about. :((
so what to do? well time to take a shower and fix some of the messes life has presented me today, after all i do not get to decide anything except how i will behave in the moment.

∞ 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) Or fame or life,
Which do you hold more dear?
Or life or wealth,
To which would you adhere?
Keep life and lose those other things;
Keep them and lose your life:--which brings
Sorrow and pain more near?