Making Use of Everything

🤔 A bad mood can be productive, like scrubbing pots and pans, or kicking the can down the road.. with angst and attitude ..

A Blood-Pressure Miracle!

At the clinic my blood pressure (bp) was high, like 170 over something. It always is at the doctor's office --white-coat syndrome.

So I worried that they would again recommend an rx which I would refuse and then maybe be labeled noncompliant.

I told them (the truth) that, taken at home, my bp ran around 136 over something, but I hadn't bothered with it in a long time.

I was told to take a reading every day for the next five days and report the results. At home, after a nap and a couple hours relaxing, I took my bp. It read 147/89!

A friend, now deceased, always meditated to lower his out-of-control bp. It does not work for me. So. I read all I could find about lowering bp without drugs and here's what I did about this small problem.

1. I ate my main meal of the day, thoroughly enjoying it.

2. I entered instant relaxation meditation for 15 minutes. (For me that means Solitaire. For others it might mean a coloring book or a crossword puzzle or a light-hearted book.)

3. I rose and walked for ten minutes, just a comfortable pace.

4. I returned to my chair, relaxed completely, breathed for ten minutes playing Solitaire, and took my bp. It read 115/72! I took it again: 112/71!

5. This morning, fasting, having risen two hours ago, it reads 148/96.

This has convinced me that four small meals will serve me better than my normal two solid meals.

We don't want high blood pressure, it's not good.

**My mother buried three husbands and two of them were only napping. --Rita Rudner

 FACTS OF LIFE

1. Because I do, I think everybody does.

2. Progress cannot be stopped, AND it will be used. That is why the bomb was dropped. That's why we got Dolly the cloned sheep (a mammal!). That's why AI will be brought to conclusion, whatever that might be. 

3. Things can always get worse. 

 Not a Good Day

So, I'm in a Baaad Mood this morning because

I'm not feeling well because

I ate a couple pounds of raisins reading myself to sleep last night because

of sugar cravings because

my diet has been slipping for awhile because

I haven't been cooking because 

of the total distraction of cataract surgery.

So I'm trying to snap out of it because

I want to live a happy carefree busy life.

**I keep chocolate nearby in case I have a grievance which I also keep nearby.**

 We're better than lawyers, therapists or financial planners. We're seniors.

 May our beloved dead rest in peace. Happy Memorial Day.

 On Happiness

1. The universe is pervaded by nature, subject to its indisputable control.

2. It is impossible to enjoy anything not given us by nature.

3. Renounce, do not desire, anything not given us by nature.

4. It follows that we do not covet the possessions or privileges of others. --Inspired by Gandhi who previously had difficulties justifying untouchables