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Posted: Sat, May 31, 2025 02:00:42 PM

world without sacrificing my recovery or putting myself at risk. i have to admit, yes i know i say that far too often, that i am not overly fond of writing about seeking balance in my life. in fact a year ago, i decided to go old school and keep it simple. a year ago, i also had a trip and fall on one of the easiest hikes in the local area. today, i did my favorite trail and succeeded in making it around the loop, of 4.2 miles and a vertical ascent of 1647 ft, without injuring myself. it is true, that my time was hardly world record or even personal record speed. the fact is, like the Bolder Boulder, i am starting to feel confident that i am getting my fitness swagger back, once again. that is, IMHO, wonderful news and perhaps it means there may a 14'er in my near future.
i, however, have digressed from the whole notion of balancing my recovery, my work, my relationships, my home life and my service to the fellowship, in a manner that allows me to continue to live free. for me, this often feels like i am bragging about how ell i am doing the whole balancing act and i guess after a minute clean, i really should have a clue or three about living a life in balance. the truth is, when i am in my element, i am fairly good, but when traveling with others, well not so much. it is a good thing, i am not traveling any time soon. 😁
there really is not a whole lot of stuff shaking, i am still seeking a job, i still have no answers about next steps with my prostate cancer and i am still in the 190 club. i am doing what i can about the first and third items on that list and letting go of the middle one, as i do not want to drop into fumimh and fretting about something i have no power over. it is a great day to be clean and i feel a nap is in my future.

∞ 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

3) With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be
liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become
a vessel of the highest honour. Now-a-days they give up gentleness
and are all for being bold; economy, and are all for being liberal;
the hindmost place, and seek only to be foremost;--(of all which the
end is) death.