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:: Thursday, May 13, 2004 ::

disturbance


God, I offer myself to Thee to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do Thy Will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life. May I do Thy Will always.


Oh, that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would always be with me, and that You would keep me from evil.

Thank You for keeping me sober today. Amen.


An unearthly disturbance works in the spirit; reason can never reconcile one to life; nothing allays the wants one cannot explain. -- Elizabeth Bowen, Bowen’s Court

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don’t regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed. -- Tennessee Williams, New York Herald Tribune, January 5, 1958

Man is not merely the sum of his masks. Behind the shifting face of personality is a hard nugget of self, a genetic gift.... The self is malleable but elastic, snapping back to its original shape like a rubber band. Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that survives its personae. -- Camille Paglia, Sex, Art, and American Culture

Nothing particularly special about yesterday. I felt better than I'd felt in a long time. I think I'm getting used to everything not being such a rush. I worked on a couple of different projects for the people at Accountemps. They even had me interview a prospective candidate for our program at the end of the day. Eric set up an client interview today for me at the former TXU Communications.

After work, I picked up the rest of my prescriptions at StatScript. I went to the six o'clock AA meeting that John led on sponsorship. I came home, made a pizza, and settled in to watch The West Wing. I awoke very disturbed in the middle of the night. I was thinking about how much I hated my Dad growing up. I can't even remember all the reasons why, but the feelings were there. He is such a different man today as am I. Nevertheless, I think I must have some resentments left lingering somewhere inside me. Probably time to do another Fourth Step.

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