Friday, August 22 Compassion test

Post 1262, Day 234 of 2014
- 1,330 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

How compassionate am I really?

On one level, I do think first of my own comfort. But that lasts as long as it takes me to realize what I'm doing. Then, I really do make an attempt to see it from the other's point of view. In general, I always try to come down on the 'best for everyone' solution.

I probably have some limits there. I have never been put in a position of having to make a life-or-death decision based on my direct actions; I'd like to think if that happened, I'd be willing to sacrifice that someone else might live.

I'm just fortunate to be born in a time and place where my capacity for doing the selfless thing hasn't been stress-tested.

Like I've been saying, I'm the luckiest person I know.

Then there's seeing others take action completely devoid of compassion. I get angry. Frustrated. For instance, I would like to see the members of hate groupq disguised as religious sects (ISIS and the Westboro Baptist Church, for good examples) judged.

Which puts me in the position of passing judgment. But, as little as I like the intolerant (not at all), I realize that this is a worm eating its own tail: I am intolerant of the intolerant. You know what that makes me.

Sigh. Why can't it be simpler?

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 Food and Diet Section

2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:          210.8 lbs

Previous Weight:         211.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:       - 0.6 lbs

Diet Comment

Post-fast, a little loss today. And, I knew from the moment I got up what lay ahead for me, and still failed to prepare for it, so ended up eating badly all day. Well, but badly. Sigh.

Food Log 

Breakfast
A protein bar.

Lunch
At the Whitewater Pub:

BLT with chicken. Not shown: Fresh-made, hot potato chips.

Dinner
At a gig that turned out to be the gig that wasn't, all I got was (wonderful) Jamaincan food: rice and beans, curried chicken, chicken stew, macaroni and cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: 104+ oz.

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