Fredl
19th October 2005, 09:29 AM
I've been thinking how I might make my new life better and have decided that I want to make a conscious effort in a few areas:
First, I want to improve my diet and exercise more consistently. I ran much of my life and I don't think that I can resume that, but I do intend to walk regularly and look into a regular regemine of execise, maybe one of those machines I see on TV all the time. Walmart has them, also. Also, change my diet. I know what I SHOULD be eating; the trick is to do it.
I notice that in tscc, these areas of life get little attention and many of the Mormons I know are obscenely obese. I guess it's fine to kill yourself in this way as long as you observe the WoW.
Second, I intend to actively participate in a group that shares my spiritual understandings. It appears that Unity fits the bill.
Thirdly, I intend to increase the level of cleanliness and order in my life. I'm not terrible in these areas, but I do tend to let things accumulate that I loose interest in rather than either properly storing them or throwing them out.
Fourth, I intend to perform charitable work that helps my community. The immediate thing I intend to do in this area is begin attending Alanon meetings. I went from having a terrible relationship with my wife to having a terrific one and the Alanon program had a huge amount to do with it. I haven't felt the need for their help for quite a long while, but I honestly believe I could help others through them.
I am strongly motivated to live a better life now that I have left tscc. My life,on balance, seems to have a sort of "lightness"that it lacked during my Mormon days. I hate to admit it, but it somehow lacked some precious ingrediant, like a nutritional deficiency, that had a sort of depressing effect that left me feeling like "enduring to the end" meant something like the Bataan Death March; you just kept putting one foot in front of the other until you finally found blessed relief.
Life feels quite different this morning.
Fred
First, I want to improve my diet and exercise more consistently. I ran much of my life and I don't think that I can resume that, but I do intend to walk regularly and look into a regular regemine of execise, maybe one of those machines I see on TV all the time. Walmart has them, also. Also, change my diet. I know what I SHOULD be eating; the trick is to do it.
I notice that in tscc, these areas of life get little attention and many of the Mormons I know are obscenely obese. I guess it's fine to kill yourself in this way as long as you observe the WoW.
Second, I intend to actively participate in a group that shares my spiritual understandings. It appears that Unity fits the bill.
Thirdly, I intend to increase the level of cleanliness and order in my life. I'm not terrible in these areas, but I do tend to let things accumulate that I loose interest in rather than either properly storing them or throwing them out.
Fourth, I intend to perform charitable work that helps my community. The immediate thing I intend to do in this area is begin attending Alanon meetings. I went from having a terrible relationship with my wife to having a terrific one and the Alanon program had a huge amount to do with it. I haven't felt the need for their help for quite a long while, but I honestly believe I could help others through them.
I am strongly motivated to live a better life now that I have left tscc. My life,on balance, seems to have a sort of "lightness"that it lacked during my Mormon days. I hate to admit it, but it somehow lacked some precious ingrediant, like a nutritional deficiency, that had a sort of depressing effect that left me feeling like "enduring to the end" meant something like the Bataan Death March; you just kept putting one foot in front of the other until you finally found blessed relief.
Life feels quite different this morning.
Fred