202231210 SLLLAVERS FOR SUNDAY - NOT D-DAY YET, AND I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild success.

LLL - BHL

Live.  Laugh.  Love.

Bless.  Heal.  Love.

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.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

1. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
2. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
3. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
4. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.
5. I, Ken Taylor, already have everything I need.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a confident human being.

Also said aloud for 80 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

204.4  Today's weight

203.4  Yesterday's weight

+1.0

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Sunday, December 10, 2023:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. flamingo L30+10+10, R20 +25
6. shoulder rolls 80
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 28 (floor) + 12 (wall) = 40

READING, WRITING

RUMI

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says, and I quote:

    Some religions, such as Christianity and Nazism, have killed millions out of burning hatred.  Capitalism     has killed millions out of cold indifference coupled with greed.

NOTE:  WOW!  I'd never thought of it like this, but I agree with Harari!

Harari gives other examples of how the Atlantic Slave trade grew without the direct supervision/intervention of the investors in the plantations of NA; and the East Indies Company similarly exploited the peoples of Indonesia, while the mostly white European (Dutch & British) investors benefited handsomely from the profits of their distantly owned companies.

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls getting ready to attempt his first major legislative effort (the Recovery Act), and how he fine-tuned it to within 90% of what they originally wanted.  But then, they needed Republican support to make it happen, which is the most difficult challenge (and continues to be so today!).  In Pelosi-life fashion, BO sought to win over Republicans, one by one, until they had the votes they needed.

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says a person named Drew Western did a study of Democrats & Republicans in the presidential election of 2004 (W Bush v J Kerry); he found that strong Democrats would cringe when informed about Kerry's embarrassments in contradicting himself, but then feel better when they saw W Bush dealing with the same thing.  The reverse was also true for the Republicans.

Read for 80 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He remembers observing that in concentration camps, OR in a more normal life, a MAN (he includes women, too, I suppose) might, or might not suffer, both inwardly and outwardly.  In the camp, the prisoners were faced with deprivation of freedom, to the extent that most of them "gave up" and went along with the suffering.  The PHYSICAL suffering was largely unavoidable.  But the MENTAL suffering was optional to those prisoners like Frankl who were able to control it.  "Am I worthy of my suffering?" Frankl asks.  I take this to mean that he's asking himself that his mental torture was severe, but was he "up to it" to combat it and control it.  His answer was "yes;" he adds that ANY MAN must confront his mental suffering.  At least until he dies.  Suffering and death were constant companions to the concentration camp prisoners.  Frankl, it seems, learned how to cope, but would have understood this even without being a CC prisoner.  

NOTE:  I could be wrong about that - after all, he's written this book to illustrate his point.  One wonders if he'd never been subjected to those horrors, if he'd have written a book with a similar message.  I think probably not.

Read for fun in THE COMFORT CRISIS by Michael Easter.