Fiber and Catastrophe

So... this post isn't really going to be as exciting as the title sounds. Too Bad!

I've been thinking somewhat about my sister's post and how we become tired of our day to day lives. Enduring to the end is the hardest thing ever... isn't that how the Chinese water torture goes? Its only one drip at a time, but eventually you have a pretty big bucket full of misery. (Take that for a simile Bethy!) Those Chinese.. diabolical. They made everything into torture.. learning to read (those characters don't really mean anything, they're just pulling ur leg)... learning to speak (you can't put diphthongs in your language! DUH)... or eating their food (unless its Americanized and all the eyeballs are taken out).

Like my mother said in her note to Bethy, its sometimes nice to have a catastrophe (a handle-able catastrophe... let me spell it out so someone upstairs doesn't get any ideas... no layoffs, house burning, car crashes, killing anyone close to my heart (far away is OK), or going to jail... and none of this to any of my family or friends... going to the hospital is OK as long as they don't stay over a week and have no lasting disfigurements or pain. Thank you... Amen ) so you can complain to others and have a reason for your unhappiness. Something to talk about/reason to visit/make people worry about you.

Who gets tired of happiness?!?!

Sometimes that is how it feels. Surrounded in luxuries (food, house, clothes, job, friends, family, time and flexibility), I have plenty of time to stew about my weaknesses (fast food, starch, puzzles, chocolate). Really need to get started on that fiber.

Obviously the solution for me is service to others and sharing my luxuries. Anybody feel like being a project? Maybe I'll wait 'till after all the Christmas craziness of traveling here and there and spending money.... or when things settle down at work in Feb/Mar... or after I'm finished studying for the test in April... or after the Triathlon in May with Sarah (you game Melissa?)...

This doesn't help Bethy any... She's doing a pretty good job on the service part with her beautiful children and wonderful homemaking skills. Guess she'll have to find her own solution.

Although I did learn all about wheat in an RS class and could maybe share. Did you know u can use it just like rice? U'd think I woulda figured that out, seeing how its a grain. I must warn you however, that they told us to be careful adding it too quickly to your diet. We all know what too much fiber can do to a body. CATASTROPHE.