Vitaliy called me from Russia today. Well, he called me, then I called him back thru Skype. Dont we love Skype? 7 cents/min to talk to him.
He is doing awesome, just finished  a 3- or 4-day trek up a mountain. Said they are acclimating to the altitude. Its snow/ice climbing there where he is. Says the base camp has a doctor and other emergency personnel. He is ecstatic about it all and doing an awesome job. Sheesh, he is so athletic. Hes in his element.
Fasting is going well. My mouth is so dry all day. I think I need to drink more water all the time. Im doing juices, too.
The main lesson of this fast so far: I am actually learning by experience something we know and hear. You have to be today who you want to be.
I have to be today the person I want to be. I have to make small choices all day today in order to be the person i want to be today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, next decade . . . .
OK, I want to be a thin, healthy person. I go throughout my day, and before this fast, I made lots of choices all day that were things I wanted in the momentlike to eat that chocolate, drink that cappuchino, eat that leftover banana bread, etc.choices that gratified me for a moment, but stole away the person I want to be.
I rob myself.
So today, for example, who am I? I want to be a healthy persons my goal. All throughout the day, small temptations come up to eat this bite, drink that thing. And i have to say, no, I will not, I will be right now the person that I desire to be.
Self-discipline.
Ouch.
But the end is pleasure, because in the end, and all throughout the day, I choose, by the grace and power of God, to be the person He wants me to be, that I want to be.
Wow. Its rewarding. Not the fleeting reward of a second, but a fuller satisfaction.

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