interesting remark from a Sister's blog she relates to losing weight, gaining it back and more and trying to rise again:
Isaiah 43:18-19.
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?"

Eliot's "Murder N T CaTdral." 4give us, O Lord, we acknowledge ourselves as type of T coMon man, Of T men & women who shut T dOr & sit by T fire; Who fear T bleSng of God, T lonelNeS of T night of God, T suRender required, T deprivation Nflicted; Who fear T Njustice of men leS than T justice of God; Who fear T h& at T wNdow, T fire N T thatch, T fist N T tavern, T push Nto T canal, LeS than we fear T love of God. We acknowledge our trespaS, our weakneS, our fault; we acknowledge That T sN of T world is upon our heads; that T blOd of T martyrs & T agony of T saNts Is upon our heads. Lord, have mercy upon us.

oh my, Black Rice, with just roasted Sesame Seeds for breakfast!

down to 187lbs and looking for ways to share what i have been graced to learn--"the stewardship of 'small things', as it were..."