20240105 SLLLAVERS FOR FRIDAY - NOT D-DAY TODAY, 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

203.8  Today's weight

204.2  Yesterday's weight

-0.4

I visualize weighing less tomorrow.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-80 routine for Friday, January 5, 2024:

1. ankle/wrist circles 80
2. toe/finger stretches 80
3. bicycle crunches 80
4. (MADE BED; PIANO)
5. shoulder rolls 80
6. flamingo L45, R35+10
7. ball/wall 15
8. angel/wall 15
9. counter stretch 15
10. squats 40
11. push-ups 31 (floor) + 9 (wall)

READING, WRITING

RUMI

Read for 80 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He says our agricultural economy relies heavily on mass processing of animals and animal products.

NOTE:  If animals can feel anything similar to human beings, then it's a travesty.  I just don't know if they can.  I'm conflicted about animal misuse and abuse when it comes to HOW we grow & process these foods.  But emotionally, I'm ready to become vegan.

Read for 80 seconds in A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama.  He remembers that despite the facts showing he'd achieved a herculean task (bi-partisan passage of a huge bill that was desperately needed (the Recovery and R______ Act) in only ONE MONTH, the Dems were complaining already that it wasn't enough, and the GOP were complaining that it was too much.  *sigh*

Read for 80 seconds in THE RIGHTEOUS MIND by Jonathan Haidt.  He says, in many, many OTHER words, that WEIRD (western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic) people (on ONE SIDE), are focused on morality that addresses whether something is "FAIR" and/or "HARMFUL," while the ELEPHANTS (on the OTHER SIDE) are focused on morality that addresses the group/social/common good issues.  He's going to address (and judge) "other moralities later in the book, but in Part 2, he'll address and try to understand MORAL DIVERSITY.  And he thinks we need to "calm down the elephant" (i.e., overcome excessive emotions) before we do so.

NOTE:  seems logical, but it's also VERY DEEP!!!

Read for 80 seconds in MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl.  He notes that as they neared the liberation days/processes, one of the prisoner guards (a Jew) was MORE brutal to the prisoners than the German guards had been.  When the Americans arrived, they sought some of the prisoner guards, but one in particular was hidden in the woods by 3 Jewish Hungarian prisoners; they made the American liberator supervisor promise NOT TO HARM the prisoner guard, and then they told him where he could find the prisoner guard.

Read for fun in THE COMFORT CRISIS by Michael Easter.

Read for curiosity in THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel Van Der Kolk.