Well done. You and your family are a true inspiration! I wish you all the very best and thank you for sharing your personal journey. God Speed to you all! 💟
I hope to see somewhere the ability to send you a card or note. I do very very little through the internet and don’t see that ever changing.
Thanks for bringing us along on your journey, Garret.
I just thought you should know that your 'open rate' metric probably shows low. To my understanding metrics like that through email are based on a small image that is included. I (and I'm guessing there are others) rarely load those images for that reason. Just thought that may be encouraging.
You are a special guy Mr. Garret O’Boyle. Knowing you and following your journey has been inspiring. You were made for this time. May God bless you and your family.
This was very moving Garret. The more I read the more I felt your struggle. I do understand your feeling. Right or wrong I am sharing my opinion based on personal experience.
Experiences such that you completed during your fast & overseas brings you a further step closer to God. Upon returning to a "normal" state, there is a yearning to feel that CLOSENESS regardless of the struggle which places you there. The Lord was carrying you through the sand when 2 sets of footprints became one. He is back walking beside you & will guide your path. Love in Christ, Rose
Hiya Garret. I meant to offer thoughts earlier, but time got away from me like a startled jackrabbit. Detachment is okay, indifference is a vice. My own personal discipline practices embrace detachment, from allsorts. One in particular is the 'fomo' phenomenon that I avoid at all costs. Although I love writing, and love to read the work of others, communication itself can be overrated. The incessant need to 'remain in the loop' fosters gossip, in men and women, and many mind other people's business rather than tending to their own. This is not a criticism, merely observation. My definition of gossip rarely matches how most define it. Que sera. My point here, is that I check my emails weekly. Not daily, and certainly not several times each day. I knew you'd be posting to substack daily, so I went directly there. If it wasn't up yet, I'd return later. When I check emails, I sometimes delete them unread, sometimes I file them unread, sometimes I read them then delete/file. Apparently, I'm a fickle wench. So be it. I didn't even know there were 'stats' available to indicate read versus unread, etc. Until your post today, I've been carrying along my merry way, unaffected by the 'needs' of others. Everybody in my circle, knows that if they need an immediate answer, the answer is no. That's the necessity of my lifestyle. My children are my pinnacle, and the needs of siblings and friends and extended family are in the hazy distance. They know that, and respect that, even if they don't like it. I am simply trying to make you aware of the fact that your feedback from posting is skewed. Emails are annoying. Substack essays are informative, not entertainment. I rarely use a computer for entertainment, more for research and education purposes. Folks see me as 'disloyal' if I keep my variables at a low ratio. Again, so be it. I cannot be for others, what they need me to be, even my priest and doctor and other professionals. What some call customer service, I call interference. They feel they have 'rights' to pester me with advice, when it is neither needed nor wanted. As mentioned, incessant communication is a reflex for most, but is not healthy. Point being, don't be hard on yourself for lack of interaction. Sometimes it's just as simple as contrarianism or too many balls in the air, and if even one more gets tossed in, they all fall, Nobody can perfect that juggling technique if overwhelmed by stress, insomnia, disease, etc. Just do what you can, expressing what you need to, and fiercely protecting the rest. It's all God's grace.
63 pounds?! Whoa! That’s a lot. 👍🏻🙌🏻 Interesting insights into the fasting process.
My asthma is due to everything growing in Indiana, but also some foods. Cows milk. It’s hard to avoid.
Well done. You and your family are a true inspiration! I wish you all the very best and thank you for sharing your personal journey. God Speed to you all! 💟
I hope to see somewhere the ability to send you a card or note. I do very very little through the internet and don’t see that ever changing.
Thanks for bringing us along on your journey, Garret.
I just thought you should know that your 'open rate' metric probably shows low. To my understanding metrics like that through email are based on a small image that is included. I (and I'm guessing there are others) rarely load those images for that reason. Just thought that may be encouraging.
You are a special guy Mr. Garret O’Boyle. Knowing you and following your journey has been inspiring. You were made for this time. May God bless you and your family.
This was very moving Garret. The more I read the more I felt your struggle. I do understand your feeling. Right or wrong I am sharing my opinion based on personal experience.
Experiences such that you completed during your fast & overseas brings you a further step closer to God. Upon returning to a "normal" state, there is a yearning to feel that CLOSENESS regardless of the struggle which places you there. The Lord was carrying you through the sand when 2 sets of footprints became one. He is back walking beside you & will guide your path. Love in Christ, Rose
Hiya Garret. I meant to offer thoughts earlier, but time got away from me like a startled jackrabbit. Detachment is okay, indifference is a vice. My own personal discipline practices embrace detachment, from allsorts. One in particular is the 'fomo' phenomenon that I avoid at all costs. Although I love writing, and love to read the work of others, communication itself can be overrated. The incessant need to 'remain in the loop' fosters gossip, in men and women, and many mind other people's business rather than tending to their own. This is not a criticism, merely observation. My definition of gossip rarely matches how most define it. Que sera. My point here, is that I check my emails weekly. Not daily, and certainly not several times each day. I knew you'd be posting to substack daily, so I went directly there. If it wasn't up yet, I'd return later. When I check emails, I sometimes delete them unread, sometimes I file them unread, sometimes I read them then delete/file. Apparently, I'm a fickle wench. So be it. I didn't even know there were 'stats' available to indicate read versus unread, etc. Until your post today, I've been carrying along my merry way, unaffected by the 'needs' of others. Everybody in my circle, knows that if they need an immediate answer, the answer is no. That's the necessity of my lifestyle. My children are my pinnacle, and the needs of siblings and friends and extended family are in the hazy distance. They know that, and respect that, even if they don't like it. I am simply trying to make you aware of the fact that your feedback from posting is skewed. Emails are annoying. Substack essays are informative, not entertainment. I rarely use a computer for entertainment, more for research and education purposes. Folks see me as 'disloyal' if I keep my variables at a low ratio. Again, so be it. I cannot be for others, what they need me to be, even my priest and doctor and other professionals. What some call customer service, I call interference. They feel they have 'rights' to pester me with advice, when it is neither needed nor wanted. As mentioned, incessant communication is a reflex for most, but is not healthy. Point being, don't be hard on yourself for lack of interaction. Sometimes it's just as simple as contrarianism or too many balls in the air, and if even one more gets tossed in, they all fall, Nobody can perfect that juggling technique if overwhelmed by stress, insomnia, disease, etc. Just do what you can, expressing what you need to, and fiercely protecting the rest. It's all God's grace.