And the angel said unto me:
"Thine eyes have grown myopic drinking of the lesser lights of thy devices while the limbs of the body have grown weak without labor.

I command thee now: step from thy dark abode and place the palms of bare hands upon the grasses of the fields. Place the tips of thy fingers in the soil of the commons. Grip the very Earth as if thoust feared to be pulled from it!

And were thee wise? such fear shall be no affectation."

Book of: Get Thine Acts Together Chapter 3

@futurebird

Yeah but it's January

@benroyce

Well maybe let's ask the angel if we can skip the fingers in the soil part of all of that.

But I'm scared to ask. They always say "be not afraid" but then they are 5 meters tall, glowing like a halogen bulb and have 100 eyes.

@futurebird @benroyce Yeah, they're not really technical details chaps and can get a bit shirty if you don't comply. A bit like my old boss.

@futurebird @benroyce Snow could be a worthy substitute, if it's available.

Though my fingers have been gripping the shovel, not the snow, as I've been clearing 30 cm of snow off the 100 m2 garage roof 😅 That's enough work for today, I think.

@futurebird

Hark! Hear the clarion call of the lazy bum. The lord's shirt resplendent with orange cheetos bits like pixie dust and the lord's palate sparkling with dentin dissolving soft drink. Feel the exalted's power flow through your veins in a haze of unnecessary calories, infinite power to roll thine eyes at thine better angels.

@futurebird @benroyce
ꙮꙮꙮꙮꙮꙮꙮꙮꙮꙮ

@futurebird @benroyce
"glowing like a halogen bulb" - cue me helpfully updating the angel to use much more energy-efficient LED lighting...

Stay still, angel! Be not afraid, and all that!

@benroyce @futurebird T'is the Month of Getting Thine Acts Together.

@futurebird

I'm gonna print this out and tape it to my bathroom mirror

@futurebird
eh, if it snows enough to require shoveling, I'll head outside for that purpose, but otherwise I'm staying inside.
@futurebird
welp, snow is coming down fast enough that I've put my boots on and laced them all up. Haven't decided what conditions I'll wait for before going outside though. I might wait until this snowband passes.
@futurebird first rouund of shoveling done, will go out again when my gloves are dry.
@futurebird thank you for writing this. Made me smile and be very happy 😊
@futurebird That's a really fancy way of saying "touch grass."
@futurebird
But I really hate the feel of earth under my fingernails. Does the angel supply gloves?