Ash Wednesday - March 5th
Pat has suggested that perhaps for Lent this year, I may want to consider ending my pipe abstention DURING LENT to see how that goes. This thought/idea has been on my mind a great deal. I am not sure though if this could be a very good.... or very bad idea for me to try. I have to also reason through if this would actually represent a "fast" of some meaningful sort.
I do not know if I trust my abilities and resolve if I were to do this and ultimately decide I should continue to refrain after Easter. Yet, perhaps the attempt would help me to learn more about myself.
This is just a brief post, as I need to get back to Saturday electronica work for my research students.... but these thoughts have been swirling around a lot in my mind for many days with no discernable resolution.
Hopefully, I will figure out a definitive decision prior to Ash Wednesday.
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4 Comments:
It's very obvious that you love your pipes and tobacco, Professor. They gave you great joy. Ever since your abstention, it reads like a large sliver of your soul has been yanked out.
That's an interesting suggestion by Pat. I understand your hesitation but if you gave them up once before, you can do it again, if that's what you decide. Look at your running! You are a determined person.
I think I clicked off my comment. I was observing that pipes produce ash. Sounds like it keeps with the season in one respect.
My guess, Professor, is that you have reached a point at which you would find it uncomfortable to "fast" from the Retirees Cigar Group during Lent. Your body has reacquainted itself with regular nicotine ingestion. Yet your soul hasn't reacquainted itself with your beloved pipes. So, if you aren't feeling like Lent would be a good time to return to your pipes on a trial basis, resolving to make a long-term decision after Easter, I would suggest that you attempt a cigar/Group fast for Lent. But my guess is that such a fast would be much too hard for you to maintain. So, the idea of deliberately returning to your pipes for Lent isn't just "to see how that goes" -- it's to ensure that your post-Lent choice feels like an orderly act of your will rather than a "falling off the wagon" that will leave you feeling guilty.
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