Within an hour, the sun will have set for the last time during the final month of the Baha’i calendar. Another year of fasting finished and only 51 more to go.
Although fasting can sound horrible and tiring, it’s honestly not as much of a struggle as it might seem. My only difficulty is my stomach’s inability to accommodate any more than one meal’s worth of food. This basically means I’m skipping lunch every day for three weeks, which doesn’t bode well for my already low weight. I did however receive a few suggestions on how to make fasting easier this year. Highlights include sleeping all day, brushing my teeth with a different toothpaste at the top of every hour, and purchasing a “season pass” for the Atlanta-London flight on British Airways. I think the flying idea would actually reduce the number of hours of daylight overall, yet I can’t quite admit that it would be a great idea.