Penny for your thoughts

For the past six months I have let a lot of things slide. This doesnt disturb me very much because I know that if I want to I can take it back up. I did it once therefore,I can do it again(right?). So I have decided to take some things captive.

Thoughts
I have way to many negative thoughts floating around about other people, other ideas, and myself. If I am to be filled with grace, mercy and love I cannot be filled with meaness, selfishness, and pride. I can be judgemental over petty things that I know dont really matter. I am bothered that I have these prejudices in my makeup and want to search them out and stamp them out. As jars of clay once said " ...rid myself of all but love, give and die".

Food
A few years ago i had a really bad diet-classic college student stuff. Then I went to europe and learned a lot about simple, yet delicious cooking from my host sister. I learned to like a lot of fruits and veggies, etc. For awhile I rarely ate fast food or ordered pizza. I still havent ordered a pizza for myself in about 2 years but this summer I fell off my fast food bandwagon pretty hard. I want to get back to where I was because I dont feel healthy these days. So I am cutting out fast food again. I think I might try fasting one day a week as well, to meditate on my weakness in this area.

Prayer/Study
I have prayed in the last six months and my experiences with prayer have been new territory in the recent past. I want to build on that and strengthen my discipline and focus in my spiritual life. I want to be more knowledgeable of my faith and pursue answers to questions that pepper my mind. I also have a lot of reading that I want to do in philosophy and religious thought.