jesus, ghandi, janean and the third commandment

 

recently, i embarked upon a five day fasting journey: enjoying water and green tea and a protein drink throughout the day ~ and eating a nutritious meal for dinner in the early evening. when a dear friend mistakenly thought that i was fasting for the entire five days, it gave me cause to ponder. it was during said pondering that i was blessed with an epiphany: i'd pretty much make the world's worst spiritual martyr. i cannot even fathom fasting for five days. ghandi and jesus would be so disappointed in me. they'd be like, "janean...dude...seriously. we know all things...including the fact that you're hiding snacks under your robe!" i would be so busted! in fact, it's highly possible that my shenanigans would prompt ghandi, in a grumpy moment of hunger management, to yell, "jesus christ, janean!" then jesus and i would both look at ghandi, utterly shocked...and jesus would ask, "are you talkin' to me?" then, when ghandi shook his head with a defiant, no...that would be the moment when i'd be totally blamed for causing ghandi to break the third commandment.

~ janean christine mariani