Fasting
I would like to take a moment to break from my normal absence in posting to comment on a current issue I'm having. Even though I was finally able to secure a lovely part time job through Park and Rec, ensured employment means going through a slew of tests to prove I'm not a creepy crawling evil thing of the underworld. Most frustrating of these
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Good, er, luck with your blood test? I'm not quite sure what the proper benediction would be...
There's a difference I've found with religious fasting. If you're doing it for your belief, you're allowed to be all proud and defiant - each hunger pang is a badge of honor as you tell physical reality "Ha! I am better than you! - nothing can defeat my indomitable WILL!"
It is, in fact, the precise opposite of medical fasting, which is not something you are doing to yourself to prove some kind of point, but which some authority figure is enforcing on you. Rather than pride, it inspires surliness and self-pity. *stupid doctors grumble grumble grumble* On the other hand, it lasts for a much shorter period of time.
Good luck to you - chin up, tighten the belt - it will all be over soon!
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