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Carol H Tucker
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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
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use or lose
Today is the 3rd day of the 38th week, the 20th day of the 9th month, the 264th day of 2016, and:
- Get Ready Day
- National Gibberish Day
- National IT Professionals Day
- National Punch Day
- Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day
On this day in 622 Muhammad and Abu Bakr arrived in Medina. In 1519 Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe. In 1596 Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain. In 1848 the American Association for the Advancement of Science was created. In 1946 the first Cannes Film Festival was held. In 1973 Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes $100,000 winner-take-all tennis match at the Houston Astrodome. In 1998 after playing in a record 2,632 consecutive games over 16 seasons, Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles sat out a game against the New York Yankees. In 2011 the United States military ends its "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time. In 2016 NASA Voyager is 18 hrs 53 mins 54 secs of light-travel time from Earth (2016:264:120000:1L).
Quote of the day: “Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
Or in other words, use it or lose it. Originally a piece of folk wisdom that referred to the body, and is often invoked in matters of exercise habits and sexual performance. But I have been pondering muchly on the application this has to the mind, spirit, and heart.
Mind: Critical thinking, problem-solving, and the ability to effectively multi-task are all learned skills – do folks as they get older, especially if they retire, no longer have the opportunity to use these skills with the result being they atrophy over time? Could one of the benefits to still being in the workplace is that I am literally forced to keep all three of those skills sharp and active?
Spirit: It has been a while since I have actively worshipped in a formal setting. I used to get up and go to church on Sunday morning or head to mass on Saturday evenings – but that was years ago now. I used to say a rosary, counting on my fingers, daily during my morning commute – I was much less prone to drive aggressively or make sardonic comments [or cuss out] my fellow commuters as a result and arrived at work feeling less rumpled up internally. Nowadays with a shorter commute, that habit has fallen by the wayside. While I find myself thoughtfully considering matters of faith and spirituality, and occasionally reading and reflecting on where I and humanity fit into the universe, I admit that I feel as though this part of myself has become a bit neglected.
And lastly, in matters of the heart: Mine seems to have entered a dormant phase -- for the first time in years, I don’t have any active “relationships”; I am not actively engaged in anyone’s life but my own. I find that I am ambivalent about this as I both feel comfortable with my solitude and increasingly isolated. Apparently I have whined a bit about this already for my daughter has counseled that I need to get out more, doing “age-appropriate activities” with people my age [translation: stop hanging out with folks online that are a generation behind me]. I do wonder if because I haven’t been doing it, I have somehow forgotten how to become close to another person.
Use or lose -- and once it is gone….
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