Ah! Fear. An interesting and essential attribute for all living things, irrespective of their level of conscious awareness as we perceive it (a speciesist judgement, and surely flawed). Without fear, I suspect, neither would life exist nor human existence be so rich. Embrace it if you can, with abject terror being a possible exception? But what is fear? It ranges from appropriate caution to sheer horror, and is ... Read more
If You Don’t Do It Because You Love It, Do Something Else, But How Do You Know You Won’t Love It Until You REALLY Try It!
Hi folks, welcome! You create your life every day, so don't waste this one. Ever since I was a kid I loved Biology, reading and active sports. I've noticed that everything I learned from these interests, as unrelated as they might seem, came in useful for later activities. In fact, sometimes things sit for years and then up they come, and you say, "I'd forgotten all about that. Boy, I'm glad I did that." ... Read more
Is It Safe? Training With An Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Or Other Serious Health Challenge, Revisited.
Hi folks, welcome! From time to time I'm asked directly for advice on exercise with an aortic aneurysm, and here is such an example, provided as a excerpt from a comment stream on the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Awareness Facebook page. Ranjit: “There's this gentleman I played golf with once. He was my age 64yrs and very well built. I was not aware that he had been treated with endovascular surgery/stent for an ... Read more
Serious Sports Injury? For A Speedy Recovery Embrace Your New Community – Thoughts On Lisfranc Injury
Hi folks, welcome to another lovely day (even though not training is driving me bonkers!). I inserted the video above to remind you that your body is alive, it can repair itself given time, but you have to work with it for an optimal repair in terms of duration of the process and your satisfaction with the final outcome. The first thing you have to do after a serious injury is survive the grieving process ... Read more
Your Outside Problems Can Often Be Fixed On The Inside With A Little Work
"Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." Aristotle (born 384 BCE) Brainy Quotes Hi folks! Another lovely day. No? If it seems as if something is wrong with your world, maybe something is wrong with your attitude - look inside ... Read more
The Benefits Of Exercise As Revealed By Forced Inactivity, Which Is Turning Me Into An Old Person
Hi folks, welcome to my thoughts of the day! Yes, I just write about what is on my mind and going on in my body at the time. This lovely misty morning I took Willbe, our yellow lab, for a nice walk, during which time I had plenty of opportunities for reflection due to his need to sniff at every post and tree. I am clearly suffering from a number of adverse symptoms of my forced inactivity. I normally undertake ... Read more
Is Your Life Spinning Out Of Control? Then Sit!
Hi folks! Welcome to another lovely day! It pays to prepare for life's challenges well ahead, physically with exercise, intellectually by questioning your thoughts, and emotionally by sitting. If you think that your life is on a collision course with disaster, remember that 99.999% of the time (most of the time) it is probably an imaginary disaster, and things will come nicely back on track if you learn to calm ... Read more
Taste Life Today
"Habitual thinking is a prison. Repeated patterns of cognition lead us to experience only what we have in the past. Our life becomes a broken record when we let our inertial thought processes rule our lives." Brian Germain. Hi folks, welcome! Don't let a day go by without truly experiencing something great, like the scent of flowers or the crisp explosion of biting into a ripe pear. Don't let a day go by ... Read more
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