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So I haven't been doing so hot the last few days. Overeating and not recording my intake again. I don't know if this is deliberate self sabotage or not, but it seems like as I get close to a goal I start slipping up again. Talk about negative self fulfilling prophecy, it seems I'm there.
I am happy at least that I committed to getting out of the house and I actually did. My daughter had a day off from school, so we went to the pool and the library. She got to get her very first library card and check out some books! :) She loves books already, so hopefully this is the beginning of a good habit taking advantage of the local library system. I could stand to do more reading and have less "screen time" anyhow.
It amuses me to think that as smart as my daughter is, she is illiterate. It's true, but I think it's unusual to me because I have this subconscious association between literacy and intelligence, as if one is confirmation of the other. Sometimes it's good to be reminded that such things aren't necessarily true, and that it's important to have compassion on others because there is more to people than the labels we arbitrarily give them. When I go to worship services on Saturday, before the weekly Bible reading is read, one of the leaders prays over the community prayer requests. What I think is neat is that he always finishes his prayers by saying, 'Let us be kinder than necessary, for everyone we meet is fighting some physical, spiritual, or emotional battle that we don't know about.'
I think that's a powerful concept, to be kinder than necessary. It requires deliberation and vigilance. Yet how sweet it is, in spite of the difficulty therein, when you get to see the fruit of that labor.
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