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:: Friday, July 02, 2004 ::

decisions

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.

In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
-- T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions—a realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which the law, generally speaking, must not intrude. -- Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, Look March 17, 1959

Americans, more than most people, believe that history is the result of individual decisions to implement conscious intentions. For Americans, more than most people, history has been that.... This sense of openness, of possibility and autonomy, has been a national asset as precious as the topsoil of the Middle West. But like topsoil, it is subject to erosion; it requires tending. And it is not bad for Americans to come to terms with the fact that for them too, history is a story of inertia and the unforeseen. -- George F. Will, Statecraft as Soulcraft: What Government Does

Thank God it's Friday. I'm pooped. We've been working hard this week to reconciled the Customer and Intercompany A/R accounts at Consolidated Communications to give to the auditors so they can finalize the purchase price. What a mess that's been. I try not to be resentful, but I've grown very tired of coming into each assignment and cleaning up the mess that's been made over the last several months or years. I don't understand how people can do such a poor job and continued to be employed and paid for their work? And how did no one know that the work hadn't been done correctly? I just have to let it go and keep my side of the street clean, but it's exhausting sometimes.

The good news is that Day 1 close is over. Today should be much easier. I'm almost caught up with what I have to do for my AA group, so this weekend, I can finally relax, enjoy myself, and work on some projects of my own. Before bedtime this week, I've been listening to this Overcoming Procrastination self-hypnosis tape that I found while unpacking. Hopefully, it can help motivate me to tackle some things I've been putting off for a long time.

Onward and upward.

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