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Mon, Aug 23, 2004 05:00:01 AM
a process
posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 05:00:01 AM
although i know that as an addict i am incapable of making consistently good decisions, i can make better decisions today using the tools that have been given me.
my decision-making process is no longer driven purely by my disease and impulse. that does not mean that i am by any means cured, rather that i have the tools available to help me make better decisions if i choose to use them. i still can be self-centered and selfish, and as a result make decisions that are less than spiritually based. does this mean i should just give up and let my disease or someone else make all my decisions for me. not hardly. what this implies for me is that i do the best i can to make decisions based on what i know is right and have the integrity to accept the consequences of those decisions -- good or bad --
so i guess, just for today, i will do my best to use the principles that have been freely given to me to make those decisions i need to.
-- DT --
my decision-making process is no longer driven purely by my disease and impulse. that does not mean that i am by any means cured, rather that i have the tools available to help me make better decisions if i choose to use them. i still can be self-centered and selfish, and as a result make decisions that are less than spiritually based. does this mean i should just give up and let my disease or someone else make all my decisions for me. not hardly. what this implies for me is that i do the best i can to make decisions based on what i know is right and have the integrity to accept the consequences of those decisions -- good or bad --
so i guess, just for today, i will do my best to use the principles that have been freely given to me to make those decisions i need to.
-- DT --
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These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
Another Look!
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 1
1) Colour's five hues from th' eyes their sight will take;
Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make;
The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste;
The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste
Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange,
Sought for, men's conduct will to evil change.