20200225 SLLLAVERS for TUESDAY

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 70 seconds; not an easy thing to do, even first thing upon waking.

LLL

Laugh, Love, Live

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
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Also said aloud for 70 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

Today I weighed 196.4.

183 by 3/23/20

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for Tuesday 2/25/20:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. inversion table 3 70-second sets
6. squats 70

READING, WRITING

Read for 70 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says that in China around 1200BC, some bones were inscribed with messages about women giving birth on certain days:  some were lucky, some not.  E.g., on a given day, the birth would have been "auspicious" (meaning conducive to success); but if born on an unlucky day, it could bring bad luck, especially if it were a girl.

3000 years later in China, pregnant parents still wish & hope for boys.  Not so long ago, with China's 1-child policy, parents of girls might "get rid of" female babies so they'd have another chance of having a boy.

All this makes me cringe; our society is what it is, and we are still doing awful things to each other.  Religion has kept some from evil acts, but it has also covered up evil acts, and has lied about its beliefs.

It seems to me that NO ONE REALLY KNOWS the answer to the riddle of the universe.  But what do "I" know??  Nothing much.

Read for 70 seconds in YOU ARE A WRITER by Jeff Goins.  He says that the goal for any passion in life is, really, to do it without thinking.

At first I contended that NO, that is not a worthy goal in life, to do something without thinking.  But I was leaving out PASSION.  It is, on 2nd thought, a worthy goal to act on your passion without thinking through why, how, when, etc. every time.  Rather, it should be automatic to:

1.  Do my daily routine.

2.  Write

We'll leave it at those 2 things for now.

At 69 1/2 years of age, I am not trying to find a new professional calling to earn my way through life.  But I AM a WRITER (using my Affirmation Technique - this means I AM a writer inside, and the outward indications of such are still developing).  And I AM a loving human being.  And I AM a person who enjoys good health and the ability to think critically.  And I AM a person who entertains new knowledge/information/ideas from many sources (Friends, books, podcasts, critical thinking)

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Yesterday, David said we'd have "money in hand" by Wednesday.  So I can wait another 24 hours.  But last night, I seriously wondered what my life would be like if, after another week went by, there were still  no money.

And I wonder if there IS money, will it be so little that I'll have to continue my financial struggles?  David seems to think that no, this will be a radical change for him AND for me, for the better.

He and I have both been very careful to express our love for each other, separate and apart from our desire to have the money come in.  He's been right, right from the start - our friendship is above and beyond the material things of this life.  I have slowly bought this message.  Slowly because I have never felt worthy of his love/friendship.  And yet, part of me has always known it and felt it.  Tamera was right when she said, years ago, that she "just knew we'd be friends for ever."

*happy sighs*