After a relatively easy weekend I was at work for the first time during this year's fast. It actually went by relatively quick. Fasting on the busiest day of the week helps as the time seems to pass quicker. I didn't really think about anything other than I had to complete my tasks.
I'm not sure what to make of this day. I spoke with some of my co-workers about the fast, I'm pretty sure they think I'm nuts...Probably because they said I am. But I did not get the feeling they had any major disdain for me. Just that I am crazy to do this for nineteen days.
I agree.
It's not something a typical person does. That's one of the challenges I face every year. This fast goes against every survival instinct that I have. Water, food, chocolate...mmmm chocolate; still can't seem to honestly say chocolate is something I need to survive, however we are told the other things are essential parts of our lives.
It's true. We would die without having water or food for an extended period of time (during the fast it is only after sunrise and before sunset that we fast but you get my point). So why do we do this?
Still working that out I guess.
"Even though outwardly the Fast is difficult and toilsome, yet inwardly it is bounty and tranquillity," Baha'u'llah.
I love the lines in school hallways and there is always this magical light at the end of the tunnel. This wasn't the greatest of pictures but I enjoyed messing with it and that vanishing point in the middle.
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