spurious//notorious

I’ve got so much to write about lately, yet such little time to do so! I’ll just give you the important stuff for now.

I’m on my third day of a sort-of fast. Inspired by/based on the Daniel Fast model, I’m avoiding the following for ten days:

• meat
• dairy
• sweets
• television
• secular music
• caffeine
• alcohol
• any beverage besides water or unsweetened herbal tea

My reasons for doing so are varied, but most notably to detoxify mind/body/spirit and spend more time in prayer and meditation. I’ve been reading some interesting things on the topic of over-stimulation and its relation to depression, lethargy, and spiritual stunting. More on that some other time, but be it known that I think I’m someone who suffers accordingly.

At any rate, the “fast” is going fairly well so far. I crave sweets more than anything, so it’s sweets that I’m avoiding with the utmost vigor. I did eat some fish last night, but it was a wonderful meal prepared for Jess and myself by some dear friends of ours - I’d have been a fool to turn it down =) Excuses, excuses, I’m sure. However, I truly don’t feel convicted on it - my purpose is to avoid the “Babylonian” pleasures, if you will - the likes of which this salmon dinner, prepared in a spirit of love and friendship, certainly was not.

I’ll keep you (whoever you are… if you even exist) posted on my progress here.