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Posted: Fri, Aug 21, 2026 08:13:26 AM

future just for today and letting go of the outcome, great work when you can get it. wow what a difference a year makes. a year ago i was scrambling to find a new job, hating the fact i was not working and wondering how i was going to support myself. today, i am comfortable being retired and working a part-time job selling cigars. i was all future tripped out a year ago and today, not so much. no my future is hardly secure, i still spend way too much money, even though i have cut way back and i spend too much time bending AI to my will. i am, however, content in my daily life these days and i can make a plan or three and have just enough FAITH the let go of the results. i can also say that even though i screamed, wailed and gnashed my teeth, my life was a retired git is not at all, as bad or as heinous, as i once believed it would be.
i really am not one of those walk in FAITH guys who thinks everything is going according to some cosmic plan and no matter what happens it was meant to be. i make plans. i plan outcomes. i take the footwork to make bring those plans to fruition and i do my best to leave nothing up to chance. i also have learned that when i decide to do all of that and let things spin as they will, stepping up or stepping in when i need to, i am generally more than pleased with the results. even though i did not find a new full-time job and trust me i hammered that really, really hard, i can see that it was time for me to be where i am. not some sort of cosmic design, just a telling of who i want to be and how i want to spend my life. i have more time for my friends and family, for myself and for my program. i am less stressed and yes i did over-train because i had more time. 🏃 i am paying the price as i rehab my knees and start to run again. planning for a race even a 5K is not in my head at this time, but maybe the Colder Boulder is in my future. time will tell as i progress towards the end of the month 10K i am aiming to do.
life in my skin today is not too terribly bad. i do however need to cut this short and get headed out to work. who knows amybe another 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 review 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 1

3) Who can (make) the muddy water (clear)? Let it be still, and it
will gradually become clear. Who can secure the condition of rest?
Let movement go on, and the condition of rest will gradually arise.