Faith · 2023-05-23
Anyone who thinks a beard is just not shaving has never kept a decent one. Neglect grows easily. A beard worth wearing does not. It has to be washed, trimmed, combed, oiled, shaped, corrected, and watched for the small rebellions hair stages when it believes it has found a better command structure. [more]
#BeardWaiver #ReligiousAccommodation #Masculinity #EmbodiedPractice
Faith · 2022-08-02
The useful kind of misery has an exit. That sounds almost indecent in some religious rooms, and in plenty of military-adjacent ones too. People like pain better when it looks meaningful from a distance. Cold becomes discipline. Hunger becomes purification. Exhaustion becomes proof. [more]
#Discipline #Hardship #Devotion #EmbodiedPractice