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**Ann** · 05-11-2005, 05:39 AM

You are reading from the book Touchstones.

There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.
--Harrison E. Salisbury

There are no perfect days. We have struggled hard against this truth. In our demanding ways, we haven't wanted life to be a process; we have wanted to reach a secure point of arrival. We have struggled against the dialogue and learning process of experience. We've looked for a "fix" and for perfection. Even now in recovery we long to "get it right." We continue to learn and to grow, but the lessons we learn are not the things we expected. We grieve the lateness of our learning, and then we go on to learn more.

As we grow in this program, we learn how to learn. We become more accepting of life as a process with no shortcut to the truth. We learn to engage in the process and accept that there usually is no right or wrong answer at the end of our search.

Today, may I accept the truth which comes from the lessons of my experience - and be tolerant of its incompleteness.

historyteach · 05-11-2005, 06:41 AM

Life - an experiential relative process of knowledge aquisition...
...in search of the self perhaps?
Just my thought added to an already excellent post!
Shalom!

Andy F · 05-11-2005, 10:21 AM

:tissue :mad

No shortcuts? No perfection? Bloody hell.

abtchonamission · 05-11-2005, 10:26 AM

Quote:

We have struggled hard against this truth. In our demanding ways, we haven't wanted life to be a process; we have wanted to reach a secure point of arrival. We have struggled against the dialogue and learning process of experience.

Where was it you said you were keeping the Tylenol?

**Ann** · 05-11-2005, 03:47 PM

Hey, I post 'em I don't write 'em, so Tylanol for everyone who got a headache over this one.

In memory of miracle · 05-11-2005, 03:57 PM

Amen to that !

nutz · 05-11-2005, 06:27 PM

:nervous
holy scmoly the process

:insane

05-11-2005, 05:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ann Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 25,197	Learning You are reading from the book Touchstones. There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned. --Harrison E. Salisbury There are no perfect days. We have struggled hard against this truth. In our demanding ways, we haven't wanted life to be a process; we have wanted to reach a secure point of arrival. We have struggled against the dialogue and learning process of experience. We've looked for a "fix" and for perfection. Even now in recovery we long to "get it right." We continue to learn and to grow, but the lessons we learn are not the things we expected. We grieve the lateness of our learning, and then we go on to learn more. As we grow in this program, we learn how to learn. We become more accepting of life as a process with no shortcut to the truth. We learn to engage in the process and accept that there usually is no right or wrong answer at the end of our search. Today, may I accept the truth which comes from the lessons of my experience - and be tolerant of its incompleteness. __________________ “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~Winnie the Pooh~

05-11-2005, 06:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
historyteach To Life! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 9,303	Life - an experiential relative process of knowledge aquisition... ...in search of the self perhaps? Just my thought added to an already excellent post! Shalom! __________________ IMAGINE

05-11-2005, 03:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ann Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 25,197	Hey, I post 'em I don't write 'em, so Tylanol for everyone who got a headache over this one. __________________ “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~Winnie the Pooh~

05-11-2005, 03:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
In memory of miracle In Memory Of Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Connecticut. Posts: 3,738	Amen to that ! __________________ In Memory Of Teach only love...

05-11-2005, 06:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
nutz doing the inside job Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: planet happy Posts: 542	:nervous holy scmoly the process :insane __________________ practice, practice, practice What had been the source of devastation became the seed of a new me.

05-11-2005, 10:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Andy F Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London Posts: 448	:tissue :mad No shortcuts? No perfection? Bloody hell.

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