atonement

Fasting will do funny things to your mind and I do recommend trying it every now and again. "Want" transforms from the great to the small so quickly, and you realize what's thought of as great is of no consequence at all, and what's thought of as a given, disposable and waste-able becomes sacred. You'd think I'd have learned this by now, but remembering necessity is hard when it is not tried.

Whew, you'll have to excuse me. I'm feeling very philosophical today.

Perspective is the word of the day.

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In other news, this continues to scare me, and if you want to know why, read the article just below it. it seems to me that the lines drawn around power are only theoretical and often hard to make out by the people on both sides of them.

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and after the hunger, the good part of atonement is this:

apple cider, warm socks, and a little night music are enough to make a girl happy.