Writing/Cancer Journal #109
Charlie Schaefer September, 2024 What is Sin? Failure to brush my teeth twice daily? Not staying hydrated with at least 80 ounces of fluid each day? Failure to check in on a relative whose health is failing but is also a bore? Getting warm with that one. Dumping oil from an oil change out in the woods? That’s a bad one which I would never do. Especially since I don’t change my own oil. The Old Testament prescription for sin–sacrifice of a pigeon, a sheep, a bullock- hardly seems as though it would do the trick, bring the ledger to balance. The Catholic confessional followed by some Our Fathers and some Hail Marys seems better. Confession, if done honestly, requires the dark thing be pulled out of the pocket and examined. And the Our Fathers, Hail Marys could be a source of pleasure if the obligation element is minimized. Put your mind in a good place. But I am skirting around the edges, leaving the ugl...