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On the apparent inactivity of God
What follows are the thoughts that went through my brain after a difficult conversation recently. It is an attempt to work through the age-old problem, almost entirely for my own sake. Life's not worth living without the Father, but what good is he if he just sits back and does nothing? I claim no originality or especial insight and have tried to ( Read more... ) -
Tales of Rabat, III
The National Library of the Kingdom Of Morocco: this was billed in one of the tourist websites as a must-see, because of its architectural grandeur and surroundings. I braved Death Road again (six lanes of traffic coming from various directions, no pedestrian lights), surviving the experience despite the odds, but only found the baby sister which ( Read more... ) -
Tales of Rabat, II
When travelling at Christmas I generally end up going to Midnight Mass, or whatever the Christmas Vigil is called wherever I am. A few years ago I was at a Belgian thing in an out of the way chapel in the middle of a cold and frosty night with a very dear friend. I understood nada, but I also understood everything. We sang Silent Night in whatever ( Read more... ) -
Tales of Rabat, I
On Christmas Eve, the kids and I walked to the beach. Rabat is a modern city built around an ancient fortified city, and so we moseyed along streets paved with marble-like stuff, past expensive boutiques for clothing, jewellery and shoes, and cheap outlets for tech and chocolate and smoothies. We passed the parliament building without really ( Read more... ) -
Neurotribes, Steve Silberman
It opens with the story of Henry Cavendish and his notable eccentricities. He was enormously weird and also, non-coincidentally, a genius of his time. He was intensely focussed on his science and just would not give up on his experiments - especially one to measure the density of the Earth. But put him in a room full of people, and he couldn’t bear ( Read more... ) -
Complete and utter catastrophe
Both food habits have completely failed. Where did they go? Why was it possible before and impossible now? How do I get back into the mindset where it was possible?
I was reading some notes I made on relapse prevention, and noted particularly that initiation of change and maintenance of change are completely different things. This is true. My notes ( Read more... ) -
Some success. But.
My gym training schedule is working out fine now. I'm planning the week in advance, when I can go to gym after school, and again on Sunday at 4pm (NOT 5!). I'm pleased with that, though I do still feel that I don't do good training without Francis. He really takes it to the pain threshold, or as nearly there as is still healthy.
I think I look ( Read more... ) -
This week's training plan
I managed last week's commitments all up until today, when I completely misremembered when the gym closed and so am sitting here frustrated because I would have worked out earlier if I'd just checked. Now I have to do my training after school - not ideal. Francis was also away (possibly ill) on Friday, so I had to do my own thing. When he directs ( Read more... ) -
Plain sailing, it is not
I came home from school at lunchtime, feeling a bit miffed with my morning (for reasons I won't bore you with), and found my lunch inadequate to cheer me up. It didn't help that home had loads of chores, some of which are complex, some of which are boring.
Being in a bit of a mood and having free time at home are not a good combination, with respect ( Read more... ) -
The Third Habit
This week:Friday: Francis fix ( Read more... )