Easter 2018: no discernible improvement

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crenfro said:
tad, I gave up TV for Lent. I started up again as soon as Lent was over. However, I’m seeing that things are not the same. I don’t want to go and sit down in front of the monolith today. It’s lost some of its appeal for me.
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That’s awesome. There’s so much more to do in life.

When I left home to go to college 40+ years ago, I no longer had easy access to TV, eventually lost interest in it, and haven’t missed it since. I still get sucked into the occasional program if I’m at someone’s house or a hotel, but at the same time these “inoculations” remind me why I don’t want to have TV at home.
 
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Hello.

I have to confess. After I wrote these posts I watched the complete Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sigh…
 
Not bad. I mean, you could do worse. Have you read the books as well?
 
Thanks for sharing that. I was pretty moody during Holy Week. That walk up Calvary is tough. My family kept asking me if I was OK. After mass on Holy Thursday I was praying before the Tabernacle of Repose and I asked Jesus flat out if I was on the right track. All He told me is that “I am”, which is the same thing he said to the soldiers who came to arrest Him during the reading of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday.

What I learned during Lent I’ll carry with me until Pentecost and then into Ordinary Time. It’s inevitable that things will become easier at work as we come out of the busy season and it looks like my little co-op gallery is going to survive without me. I have more time for myself, and I’m a lot less stressed out.

Hang in there, my friend. I believe we are all called to continued daily conversion and that’s simply what we are both going through. It’s only by His grace that we can recognize it.

I’ll pray for you, please pray for me.
 
I’m in the beautiful desert southwest. I was up before sunrise on Sunday and spent most the morning looking for birds. I managed to identify 53 species including three species of swallow and 8 species of warbler. It felt good to get out and to be quiet a still for a while.
 
I tried, I did. I started to read the Hobbit, and everybody (the characters) was so busy going hither and yon that it made me tired. I wanted them to sit for a few minutes. Maybe I should give the his books another chance.

I’m really scared to read a lot of things. Catcher in the Rye messed me up for years after high school, then there were all those serious classics that got me so depressed - like that Kate Chopin story where the woman drowned herself in the end - or was that Kate Chopin herself? I dunno, I just don’t want to read stuff, even if it is beautiful, that will make me low. And I love to read.
 
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Maybe I should give the his books another chance.

I’m really scared to read a lot of things.
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I find the visual imagery of the movies (Hobbit and Lord of the Rings) far more disturbing than the books. In my opinion, the books are not likely to cause harm, and have more depth and a more beautiful manner of storytelling than the movies.
 
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I may give them a try. I long for books that I can read and read and forget where I am.
 
I blew off the Good Friday fast with a couple of beers I just couldn’t do without.

But, Christ is risen from the dead and that’s consolation and at the same time a challenge to spread the good news.
 
tad said:
Hang in there, my friend. I believe we are all called to continued daily conversion and that’s simply what we are both going through. It’s only by His grace that we can recognize it.

I’ll pray for you, please pray for me
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Yes, but don’t you know when you recognize it, you’re crazy, cuckoo and should see a therapist 🙂 A lot of people seem to have all the answers. I have no answers and am just trying to discern God’s will for my life and it will take the rest of my life, I know.

Thank you for your prayers. I will pray for you also. Jesus says journey this season with me one step at a time.
 
Hello.

Oh, my, Christ gave up his life for us, couldn’t you fast from a few beers? I’m worried about your phrase “couldn’t do without.” I don’t mean to sound mean, really, I don’t, and I’m trying to understand. I can hardly stay away from the stupid TV. Very glad you see Easter as such a great consolation and intend to meet the challenge of spreading the good news. Please pray for me, and if this post is way off the mark please ignore it.
 
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin. It is rather depressing at the end, but otherwise a good book. I am a huge reader and while there are a fair number of stories with “bad” endings, they paradoxically have made me increase my faith in God and thanksgiving for the trust I’ve been given in Him.
 
A quick update since this thread’s about to be locked. Now that we’re almost five weeks into the Easter season live has definitely mellowed out. Work isn’t nearly as crazy and all that patience I exercised with my customer’s and my boss are paying big dividends.

I’m almost through training my replacement at my former co-op gallery although she’s decided it’s too much for her and is quitting. The gallery wants me to train her replacement, but I’ve told them no. I’m already seven weeks past when I was hoping to be free of them.

The family has patched things up and we’re all moving on as if nothing happened. It’s turned out to be a good opportunity to talk to my mom. She still has a lot of guilt about her divorce from my father and it’s effect on her children. Those were dark days for us. That’s why it’s nice to have her around for Easter. We’re all getting better together.

Once again, thank you everyone for your advice and especially your prayers. You’ve been a blessing to me.
 
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