My Fast
...includes a prayer.
I’m getting hungry - been fasting for three days with two more to go. I fast for health reasons, but am finding there’s more to it as each day goes along. I’ve never worried about my next meal, yet I worry endlessly about work and money, about growing older and becoming less able to face the harsh realities of this mean world. I also fast to give my body a break from continuous digestion. Now as I enter ketosis I’m starting to notice a keener sense of smell, and my heart is saying: You can make this fast sacred by holding it in solidarity with the poor and the suffering.
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