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:: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 ::

promotion

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.

O, good old man, how well in thee appears
The constant service of the antique world,
When service sweat for duty, not for meed!
Thou art not for the fashion of these times,
Where none will sweat but for promotion.
-- William Shakespeare, As You Like It

I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary. -- Isaac William Stuart, Life of Captain Nathan Hale

Parents can fail to cheer your successes as wildly as you expected, pointing out that you are sharing your Nobel Prize with a couple of other people, or that your Oscar was for supporting actress, not really for a starring role. More subtly, they can cheer your successes too wildly, forcing you into the awkward realization that your achievement of merely graduating or getting the promotion did not warrant the fireworks and brass band. -- Frank Pittman, “How to Manage Mom and Dad,” Psychology Today November/December 1994

I feel very mellow. I've enjoyed going to more AA meetings lately. Yesterday was fine at work although Leslie and Eric seem to want me to work in Arlington or Fort Worth which I don't want to do. After work, I went by Starbucks and visited with Lenny and his friend Brett who I've always thought was attractive. I went up to Lambda and made some more deposit envelopes, and Sarah chaired the six o'clock on acceptance. Good meeting.

She and I went to Ojeda's for dinner afterwards. I love Sarah. We got sober together, and she's always been a good friend. I hope to see her more often. Sarah received a promotion lately as did Kristina in Denver. I'm beginning to feel left behind. I'm happy for them, but I'm stuck in a dead-end job. Time to find a new one with advancement opportunity and more compensation. I need to at least try and not be afraid of the end result. I guess this is where leaving behing old ideas absolutely comes in. Ugggh. More change. But not necessarily a bad thing. Please help me God.

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