In the middle of an elimination diet to figure out why Apple Pie’s tummy hurts all the time.
So far it seems like gluten, dairy, and eggs could be the problems.
I wanted to make sourdough pancakes this morning, but Nina was up first, so I figured I had better make her pancakes first (Gluten-free, Egg-free, dairy-free).
But we were out of gluten-free flour. So first I had to grind brown and white rice to make the GF flour so I could make GF pancake mix so I could make GF pancakes.
And then I was tired so I thought I might stop, but there weren’t enough pancakes, so I made the sourdough pancakes too. And now my back hurts! Time for yoga and a rest.
And here is a beautiful quote from a letter Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote to his daughter:
“Finish every day and be done with it. For manners and for wise living it is a vice to remember. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day for all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays.”
Source: Letter to his daughter Ellen, reprinted in The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson
When he says “it is a vice to remember,” I think he is saying it is bad manners to remember other peoples’ mistakes and especially to bring them up in conversation. We have to allow others to be human, to repent and grow. It is also wisdom to apply that to ourselves as well. Forgive yourself and allow yourself to grow.
Corrie Ten Boom said, “Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
Corrie Ten Boom advised us not to let tomorrow rob today of its strength. Ralph Waldo Emerson is advising us not to let yesterday rob today of joy. Both are such good advice.
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