Giving up the at the end is only one possible path to take however and I am restraining myself from those desires. For whatever reason as the days of the Fast near their end the more anxious I get. I've heard other Baha'is say the first few days and the last few are the hardest. I tend to agree.
You almost get into a rhythm and flow during these nineteen days of restraint. The culmination of your efforts seem to come by pretty quick but that last day seems to take forever.
I'm in a one-day-at-a-time mode right now. Pretty sure I'll be on a one-hour-at-a-time mode on the last day. I have no idea what will happen after the Fast is over. Will I go back to my old ways of cookies, candy and burgers?
My eating habits have improved by leaps and bounds over these days and I am grateful for that. Hopefully I can take some of those habits and keep them as long as possible.
The next quote is something I am working on.
"...the core of religious faith is that mystic feeling that unites man with God. This state of spiritual communion can be brought about and maintained by means of meditation and prayer. And this is the reason why Bahá'u'lláh has so much stressed the importance of worship. It is not sufficient for a believer to merely accept and observe the teachings. He should, in addition, cultivate the sense of spirituality, which he can acquire chiefly by the means of prayer."Shoghi Effendi
Enjoying the colour and bokeh of this image.
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