20231206 SLLLAVERS FOR WEDNESDAY - NOT D-DAY YET, BUT I, KEN TAYLOR, ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING I NEED!!!!!!!

SILENCE

Tried to silence brain for 80 seconds; mild success.

LLL - BHL

Live.  Love.  Laugh.

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

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

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

VISUALIZATION

208.4  Today's weight.

207.8  Yesterday's weight.

+0.6

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Wednesday December 6, 2023:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED/PIANO)
5. shoulder rolls 80
6. flamingo L40 (many "falls"), R40 (many "falls")
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 24 (floor) + 16 (wall) = 40

READING, WRITING

RUMI

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says after the British "wins" in China (Hong Kong) and Egypt, London investors put money into the Greek economy; the Turks tried to conquer Greece; but the Brits ended the war by bombing the remainder of the Ottoman army, and Greece became free.  But they had enormous debt to pay, with little natural resources to do so (i.e., no oil).  Even oil-rich nations faltered under autocracies.  In sum, the financiers of the world's economies began to wield stronger influence that the stronger nations did.

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He recalls how, confined to his presidential space, he was able to get the kind of support from his immediate assistants that made his new life tolerable (photographer/friend, valets, mail clerks, etc.)  BO is saying he would likely have had a terrible time without the support of these folks.

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says studies show that people generally cheat to some degree or other.  If they are offered a situation in which they can plausibly deny their cheating, then they will cheat.

NOTE:  I've tried to be honest in every way, but failed for many years while presenting myself as a "straight Mormon" - knowing full well that I was probably NOT that; and also, I would lie to maintain my reputation as such.  Further, there were many times when I would conveniently omit information that would otherwise indict me in some mis-deed.  While these were not frequent, they have bothered me my whole life.  And so, I advise young people to establish a self-policed code of honesty.  You have to live with yourself... as the poem teaches.

Read for 80 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He remembers in camp life when irritability led to physical fighting; the prisoners witnessed beatings almost constantly.  Frankl was able to control his periodic rage impulses.  But mentally, he fought against the "sub-injustices" he experienced:  he stole potatoes and charcoal, and roasted himself some illegal dinner late at night (as a doctor, he was charged with keeping a stove lit all night to assist with his typhus patients (I do not know why a burning stove all night would help them); after his midnight feast, he'd feel sad and irritated the following day.

NOTE:  I suppose his moral compass wouldn't let him simply enojoy the good fortune of the potato feast.

Read for fun in THE COMFORT CRISIS by Michael Easter.