Although it runs contrary to my normal “tie it to science” approach to emotions, Crash Davis’ character pretty much hits the same notes I would – just more from the gut than the head. I am especially in tune with the “small of a woman’s back” and “long wet kisses”…….
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8W8GGdD6pc
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It has come to me that the important decisions in life are made most difficult because we view them with an eye toward the pain of the past and fear of the future.
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Love without respect is only either self-serving lust or a selfish, convenient lie. Love with respect is like the promise the Dawn and Dusk make to the Day — always there at the beginning and end; in full, brilliant force when everything is clear and free of clouds; a steady, strong presence when skies are stormy and troubled, even though unseen behind the turmoil. Without the Dawn and Dusk, the Day would wonder aimlessly, attempting to find its proper place.
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Interesting fact:
“A recent scientific survey suggests that one in four MacDonalds can trace their origins back to Somerled. Only one man has more living descendents, and that man is Genghis Khan.”
Image and words: http://www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/scottish-clans-story-behind-macdonald-3517494
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with someone where there were at least three end points to the conversation, yet it somehow continued on and you were pleased that it did so – when a seemingly stray comment on parting prompts an entire new line of conversation and sharing. An engagement so easy and comfortable, that the slightest topic generates a desire to share in insight and experience. A willingness on both sides to remain, just a little longer, to fully appreciate the insight of each. If you come across such a situation – value those conversations, and more so, value those people! In some ways, the way in which people interact with each other is like an assessment of the periodic table. Some people are like inert element – they can pass among other atoms and have no interaction whatsoever. They can collide and appear to come together for a period of time, but no real bond is formed and eventually they part. Other people are like the slight reactive elements – looking for just enough of a bond to complete themselves but not concerned with the completion of the other person. Stable bonds may be formed, but in doing so, they can be dominated by the slightly reactive element over the other – especially when formed with highly reactive elements. Then there are those unique personalities that are these same highly reactive elements – willing to give up any proton or electron needed to form a bond, while maintaining their core neutrons at their center. When two of these highly reactive personalities come in contact, the interchange can be significant and the bond lasting. In most cases, the reaction that results is a strong, stable bond…..sometimes there may even be sparks. The next time you find a conversation with someone continuing on a stray comment once you thought it was over, it may not be a case of afterthought…..in may be just electrons colliding looking to share a space in a bond.
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Over the past several years as I have grown older, I have begrudgingly, and with great trepidation, taken up running (as much as a 10 minute pace for a couple of miles can be referred to as running – it has been better, but in current honesty, that is where I am) in order to combat the war of conditioning and weight maintenance with my own body. I fully understand that this situation is partly the result of the fact that I fall firmly and unapologetically into the “live to eat” group of fellow humans. Food and drink are too interwoven into my fabric of what a happy and complete life contains to “patch” them over with some other substitute. In the vein of “cogito ergo sum”, one of my mantras is forced to be “I eat, therefore, I run”. As this axiom reveals, running is more of a penitence for my other indulgences, not a life-long desire – an absolution to be acquired from a passing monk for a price on the way to Canterbury. As with any form of penitence, it requires effort and persistence to “continue to endeavor”. In previous years, I drew upon certain vain and slightly selfish sources to feed this persistence. These sources sprung from thoughts such as: “I have to run to keep in shape”, “I will be more attractive to the opposite sex if I keep in shape”, “I need to do it for my health”, and “I will be more attractive to the opposite sex if I keep in shape” (yes, that one is in there twice – go figure). I regularly ran these phrases through my mind as I tried to psych myself up go just a little further, hold on or just a little longer, or even get out and start the run at all. Over the past couple of months, I have noticed a change in these mantras. When I now struggle to start or just need to push to go a little longer and further, these are not the lines running through my head. I have begun, instead, to reflect on the fact that I should persist because I have been allowed to by whatever forces allow such things. In some ways, I have a responsibility to do those things that I have been blessed with the ability to still accomplish. Don’t get me wrong, those other lines of motivation still exist and I heed them also. However, now, when I really struggle, the final persistence comes from “do this because the ability to do it has not yet been taken from you!” I now end each run, regardless of length or duration, with a thoughtful and sincere thanks to God, Fate, and whatever Forces of Nature allowed me another chance to do so. Maybe such a change in perspective is growth and spiritual awakening —- or maybe, it’s just the delirium resulting from hypoxia and dehydration………
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