There is no "Great Day," as we all know. There is only "the" day. But we're thrust into Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Solstice, and God only knows what else, so let's think a little differently about "the day," if we can: borrowing from Monica's tradition, let's think in terms of the Yom YHWH, the "Great Day of the Lord." With all due respect to Monica and everyone else in the Yahwist tradition, I don't mean disrespect, but I mean to borrow this concept on behalf of those for whom it is completely foreign.
The Yom YHWH, the "Great (and Terrible) Day of the Lord," is a double-edged sword. We want all the benefits, but tend to blow off the costs. Me, I'm still paying as I equate the Yom YHWH with my own quit date.
All I mean to suggest that when we choose health over addicion, it might not be a day in which the sun stands still, the moon stops governing tides, and darkness turns to light. It might not be a "great day;" a "Yom YHWH." Chances are more likely that it will be a perfectly ordinary day, and no one will notice that we're dying. Dying for a hit of nicotine; dying for a hit of the old slavery. Why do we continue to lust after this??
The Yom YHWH, the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord, has dawned for us, and we have beheld its light. There is a "great day:" it just doesn't look or feel like we may have hoped. It's a perfectly ordinary looking day in which we chose life over death, freedom over addiction. It's a day in which YHWH, in the form most recognizable to us, entered our lives and offered us freedom.
Sounds like/Looks like Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Solstice to me...
Happy Holidays of Freedom to my Beloved Fellow Quiters
pete
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/30/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 53
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,692
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $291.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 9 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 11 [B]Seconds:[/B] 51
