Mirror, mirror, on the wall...

There was an interesting episode on the Today show today. They covered a woman who went on a mirror fast for 30 days. She made it through it and finds herself less self-centered. She put a towel up over the bathroom mirror and hasn't removed it even after the 30 days were up. She lifts the towel now to check her makeup, but otherwise doesn't use it. She talked about how it has helped her to be less concerned with looks.

I have a rather strange relationship with my bathroom mirror. 95% of the time I don't even look at myself in it. And if I do, I don't remember what I looked like. I have to make a deliberate effort to remember what I look like. Most of the time my self image doesn't bear a close relationship with what I actually look like. I blame in on my ADHD. In most aspects of my life I am floating on the edge of reality. I really try to pay attention and to focus on things, but a good percent of the time I'm off in Na-Na land. Facing up to the reality of the real world is a drag, and so I maintain a perceived image of myself and my environment. It just seems so much more survivable to me. But I do try.

I'm sick of it...

There are a lot of things I'm sick of. First and Foremost is the political wrangling that's going on. There's so much mud flying that the pigs are running dry. They're watching the political ads just so they can remember what mud is like. I wish that all political ads had to have an electronic header and trailer and that somebody would invent a box you could hook up to your TV that would blank out the ads. (Are you listening out there?) Fat chance.

I'm also sick of the arthritis in my knees. It's very painful and the pain meds just give me a little relief. I can hardly walk. A lot of it is my fault. I've got as fat as one of those pigs I was writing about above. Weight loss would help, but that seems to be something I just can't achieve. Really depressing. But I'm going to start again today with my lifestyle change. I have to keep trying or I won't have any hope at all. The ADHD isn't any help in this. Neither are the meds I take that promote weight gain. No good option on those, so I have to work harder at it.

Of course, I do have my blessings. I have a wife who loves me and helps me as she can. I have a few friends and some family left. I am able to walk some, so at least I'm not in a wheel chair. And I have my relationship with Jesus Christ. That is the most important to me. Without him, I would have no hope.

What an Olympics!

What an Olympics this has been. Lots of action, disgraceful by some teams, but the best by most. The US won the most medals but had some real competition out there. But I want to say "Hurray for the French women's basketball team!" They weren't expected to do good, but they were 7 and 1 in the tournament. Beat some tough opponents they were expected to lose to and made it to the Gold Medal round. They were the real dream team in the basketball tournament! Sure, they didn't win the Gold, but they gave it their all and surpassed all expectations. Congratulations to them!

I'll watch the closing ceremony tonight, and I'll miss the Olympic action tomorrow, but it's only two years to the next winter Olympics and four to the the next summer games. Something to look forward to.