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Why breaking a long fast can feel like returning to life

I broke my seven day water fast this morning with a single grape and cried because it tasted like everything beautiful I had forgotten existed while I was chasing some idea of purity.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Extended denial of simple pleasures reveals how much aliveness gets sacrificed in the pursuit of transcendent ideals.

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