End of Life Comfort

Fast for the Dying: Day 21
March 9, 2010
 
The final day of the 21 day Fast for the Dying.  By the numbers it looks like this:  I lost about 20 pounds, as far as I can tell mostly fat.  I lost over 3 inches on my waste, and feel very good.  I slept […]

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Fast for the Dying: Day 20
March 8, 2010
 
Strange that it has been 20 days since I last ate food.  When I say it, it sounds incredible, but I take no credit.  A good friend of mine congratulated me on it today, and I simply pointed up into the heavens.  You see I […]

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Fast for the Dying: Day 19
March 7, 2010
 
It is not until fasting do you considered how much time you spend getting ready to eat, eating, and cleaning up after eating.  And while you are at it, also consider how much food we as Americans consume.  I have gone without food for 19 […]

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Fast for the Dying: Day 18
March 6, 2010
 
Today I traveled to Ashland for a swim meet for one of my daughters.  I brought along for my fast my diet of vitamin water and juices, but the real challenge of the day was the dinner out with other team members.  I wanted to […]

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Fast for the Dying: Day 17
March 5, 2010
 
Many challenges continue to face us all as we go about our daily existence.  Care for our loved ones, especially those suffering greatly, care for our children, paying the bills, worries about the condition of our country all seem to build upon each other sometime […]

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Fast for the Dying: Day 16
March 4, 2010
 
Hunger is weighing me down.  In the past I used that word so casually, “I’m hungry, what’s for dinner?”  I had no idea of the true meaning of that word.  When I hear that many children in this world go to bed hungry, I now […]

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Fast for the Dying: Day 15
March 3, 2010
 
Will power is an incredible tool that we humans do not make enough use of.  Why not?  Because we do not take the time or effort to build it up.  Or perhaps we simply do not know how to.  Will power, or what […]

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Fast for the Dying: Day 14
March 2, 2010
 
Jetenzen Franklin describes fasting in his book “Fasting” as “wearisome”, and I could not agree more.  The daily struggle of not eating any food wears on you, like a grinding stone against your mind.  Tonight when I opened the refrigerator to get water, I spotted […]

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Fast for the Dying: Day 13
March 1, 2010
 
It seems I always start this Fast blog the same way, like “up early”, or variations of that.  I wanted to change it around, but thought came to me (yeah, real quick aren’t I?) “hey dude, you start every day that way!”  The Fast for […]

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