Tuesday, August 16, 2016

#1711, Tuesday, August 16: No short cuts to 'Now'


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Post 1711, Day 229 of 2016
- 2,055 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
I live, and have lived, in wonderful times.

I've done things people can't do any more, having been replaced by newer, different things. I've been part of legendary scenes that no longer exist because the people and places are gone. i've met people who became famous and notorious and died.

I've written myself into a dead-end now.

I'm grateful for my memories. I don't care how accurate or inaccurate they are. I don't have to trust them to love them. When they are useful, when they come to me in the present, no matter what present thing stimulates their recollection, it is as an annotation, an enrichment.

I'm grateful to have lived a life that created so many wonderful memories. My present job is two-fold: To make new memories, and to not let old memories obscure my perceptions. To not use them as short cuts.

There aren't any short cuts to getting to Now.

PS: Don't eat that fortune cookie. It's stale.

Food and Diet
Today's Weight:                      199.2 lbs.
Previous Weight (8/15):              197.4 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain:                     +   1.8 lbs.

Diet Comment
Now that I've rehydrated and ate a more typical amount of food, my weight is reverting to the mean, as I expected.

Food Log 
Breakfast
3:35pm:  Broccoli casserole (broccoli, roast beef, Dal Tadka (lentil curry), chia seeds and hemp seeds.

Lunch
6:45pm:  A Quest bar.

Dinner
10:30pm:  Buttered Ezekiel Flax sprouted grain toast and a salad with roasted turkey breast, spinach, chard, kale, shaved parmesan cheese, cabbage and creamy balsamic dressing.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 1;  Coffee:  28 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 112+ oz.

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