I have found what I think is the secret to weight loss. Pedicures and mud puddles! I have been reading O Pioneers! during the last month and there is a character in the book that I love. His name is Ivar, he is an old man that every one thinks is crazy. He won't talk to anyone who has been hunting or has killed an animal. He lives in a cave because to build a house, even a sod house, would change the landscape too much. He has fits where he runs around like a crazy man hollering at night because he thinks that the Lord is going to destroy him. He is always worried about the temptations he faces. He also will not wear shoes, even in the middle of winter they would more often than not find him barefoot. Finally at the end of the book one of the maids gets the courage up to ask him why and his response is so wonderful that I thought that I would share it.
It is for the indulgence of the body. From my youth up I have had a strong, rebellious body, and have been subject to every kind of temptation. Even in age my temptations are prolonged. It was necessary to make some allowances; and the feet, as I understand it, are free members. There is no divine prohibition for them in the Ten Commandments. The hands, the tongue, the eyes, the heart, all the bodily desires we are commanded to subdue; but the feet are free members. I indulge them without any harmm to any one, even to trampling in filth when my desires are low. They are quickly cleaned again.
I guess after that I have only one thing to say why don't I get more pedicures or step in more mud puddles, they will help me curb the desire to indulge the rest of my body and I will then start to lose weight?
