Day 8 The Difference between Praying sitting up and Praying lying down

13 November 2013

I learned yesterday from listening to an Elizabeth Gilbert podcast that, most writers fear writing because they fight it. When one writes, one has to participate in the act of writing, and stop fighting it. Lest, it'll feel like a bitter gourd pushed into your mouth to eat.

I think I have started participating again in this thing called writing. This has become my meditation activity for each day. Actually, it's part of my "life simplification" project: I recently started this list of how I can simplify my life.

So far, I've noted down: you don't have to put up with difficult people, you don't have to put up with people who refuse to use their head (read: stupid), go ahead and choose friends this time, clean clutter, make bed, etc. 

Now that I'll be in Apeldoorn for a little while, I have decided to simplify my every day here, with three things: work online, babysit, write. These three activities are sandwiched by a 50-rep curl up exercise in the morning and a sitting-up prayer at night. With emphasis on sitting up.

I resolved to pray sitting up and not lying down 'cause the latter is just lazy and lame. I remember asking my dad, when I was little, what's the difference between praying sitting up and praying lying down. I think the answer I got was, if I was too lazy to sit up and pray, God might be too lazy as well to answer my prayers. Hmm, fair enough. Tit for tat it is.

I just started on this "life simplification project Apeldoorn edition" two days ago. I still have 19 days to go for this to become a habit. I need nothing else but Good luck! #