A Challenge

4 Ramadhan, 1447

19.02

Got myself to the gym just now. I wasn't at all sure this would be a good idea but decided to take the risk, and I'm not feeling any obvious ill effects in the aftermath of my hour on the elliptical trainer. I am, however, feeling astonishingly thirsty and suspect that the next twenty minutes will take several hours to pass.

20.10

It turned out that the twenty minutes that passed between my posting the above and sipping on a class of water took just twenty minutes after all. There's something about fasting that can distort perceptions but the bedrock reality of the fast remains a sort of comforting constant. Each day is a real challenge in its way, and every challenge turns out to be negotiable, with the requisite patience. 

Now feeling happily at ease, able to eat and drink whenever. And mostly choosing not to.