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Fasting Day 39 of 40: Self-Care
I had always thought victory was achieved from the last bit of “oomph” left within the hero. They had something others could only dream of. I styled my life and my creations in that manner. I would wait last minute because I had that “it” with in me. After years of coming close to but…
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Fasting Day 38 of 40: The Heart as a Master Healer
With every thrum of the heart beat blood pulses and oxygen fills us. On the down beat we expel that which is no longer serving, C02 and the like, and on the in-breath we bring in vital new life force. The rhythm of the two brings us closer to ourselves. Our heart is the feeler…
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Fasting Day 24 of 40: Thinking is Creation
I’ve done the following thousands of times: I would be upset with someone and expect a confrontation of some kind and start playing out the argument in my head before it happened. More often then not, a disagreement would take place. I’ve spent days’ worth of my life fighting battles in my mind before they…
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Fasting Day 20 of 40: Courage
There have been many times in my life where I stopped just short of the goal. Most of the work was done, but I couldn’t take those few final steps. A critical voice begging for more perfection or fear and doubt would creep in and I would stop and turn away. I’ve done this with…
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Fasting Day 18 of 40: Truth
As a child I found lying to be safer than the truth at times. I was raised in an Orthodox religion and fear of punishment frequently meant hiding what had happened, or straight out lying. If you get caught, you get in trouble. If you lie about it and hide, you’re in the clear, or…
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Fasting Day 17 of 40: Orderly Rebellion
When I was about 6 years old, my father told me I could have any change that fell from his dresser. Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, are a lot of money for a small child so I turned to ingenuity. I began to sweep the money off the dresser and onto the floor, then pick…
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Fasting Day 13 of 40: Assuming
Assumptions. They are the bread and butter of many of our interactions with other people. We give someone the once over and think we know a little something about them. From that initial encounter we then infer what they will do next or who they generally are. It’s a way for a us to quickly…
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Fasting Day 12 of 40: Reflecting and Wallowing
We’ve all done it. One second we’re driving the car, talking with a friend, or reading a book, and a part of our brain drifts away and into the past. Memories of childhood, an awkward moment in high school, or an oopsie from last week start to flood in. Before we know it, the drive…
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Fasting Day 3 of 40
What a wonderful day to be alive. The sun is shining and the clouds offer intermittent shade. It is a wonderful day for a fast. I think with every undertaking of magnitude it is important to be present here and now, but also have questions you wish to answer as you explore. From one of…
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Fasting: Day 2 of 40
Already as I begin this journey I am reminded of why I am taking it. The brain chatter and fears of old are resurfacing to be seen and let go again. I thought I had cleared myself years ago. Healing is wonderful in the fact that it never ends. There is always more healing that…
Ryan Orion 