#285 - Getting it together

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So I have managed to get things together. Last week as a bit of a weird one for me. Things seem to be slippery. They seemed to just be unable to stay in focus. I went running on Monday and Tuesday and then I slipped. Well, this week it is back to running and staying in top of things. 

I am going have to order this book on knots. I love knots. There is something quite magical about making a structure without the use of a single nail. I have never felt quite so powerful as when I lashed the sticks together and they made this wonderful hut. It was a feeling of such delight and accomplishment if only having a small tiny hut to sit in and feel some warmth.

I got up today and tidied around the place, and then I headed to Sunday service - the mass. The Christian community. There is something wonderfully comforting about the ritual. The reading today was about the white horseman in the Book of Revelations. It was such a beautiful passage.

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in[a] blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule[b] them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

It is interesting the thigh - why the thigh? 

I must ask Ben another day.

The incarnation of man, of the spirit, of the ego is the rider on the white horse. Listening to the reading today reminds me. It is a reset of sorts.

Then after the service I came back up here and then we walked down, Ghin and myself. Everything is very chilled now. We are not running to stand still at all. Tomorrow I will sort out the divorce. I will clean the house and do the accounts. And then if there is still time I will go to school to sort out the cupboard because it was a complete and utter mess. So much needs to be done. And I'm also starting my fast tomorrow. My run up to Christmas fast.

It should include a digital detox. That's what I'm going to do. The digital and food detox will start. 

Nick Richards, Hambeldon, West Sussex


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