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When change is necessary, change is made. There is no choice. Only required change.
When one is perforce changed in this manner, one must adapt or imperil their essence.
Out of the matrix comes all one needs and always will. Unto the matrix one shall return.
One always looks away from it and out of it as what is from it is fully ordered and unique, and wonderful.
That which is within is creative force itself and therefore unrecognizeable. Until one returns to it anyway.
After which there is no normal recognition of onesself...
Perhaps within the matrix we are all one self.

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TODAY'S HEALTHY NEWS FLASHES!
The other day I was reading in my old anatomy and physiology textbook. It was on the subject of metabolism and nutrition. Under nutrition was a section on gaining fatty weight. It said that for every two pounds of fat we have, there is one mile of vascularization required to perfuse it. In other words our heart has to pump blood thru one more mile of vessels for each two pounds of fat we have. That is a huge increase in required heart work. I thought it was interesting. I told a fellow RT wanna-be who is a 'first year' student. He asked for the reference and promised to get started reducing his heart mileage work. I told him it was trivial statistical info, and not an indication he should exercise or lose weight. He said he'd been putting it off for a long time aand this info was enough to actuate him. I do see him in the gym now too.
Another item was that we need some protein before, or around 10 a.m. to carry us through the remainder of our day.
We also sigh six times an hour to make up for the lack of appropriate breaths the rest of the time.
A sigh is 1 1/2 to 2 times bigger than an average breath and keeps our little alveoli open instead of going flat from lack of ventilation.
You are now equipped to educate the masses. Spit spot. Hop to it.....

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There comes a time when all things culminate. Everything which has been started comes to a close and all things wrap up! Warm sunny days cool off. Cold frigid weather warms. Horrible consequences to ones actions become "over" and green grasses become brown. Dinners must end and sleep is often not long enough. Well, you get the idea. Or as they say in New Jersey, 'idee'er'.
The recent events of our lives here in Mentor have, to say the least, been extremely busy, seriously challenging, debilitatilngly agonizing at times, overwhelmingly full of anxiety and fears, and downright hard.
So as all things culminate, so will these recent times. Aaaaaaaahs will be the order of the days to come and we may even sense greater days of ease and some delight. I will graduate from Respiratory care and Stephanie will be done with all of her therapies. It is a time we both very much look forward to. So 'up the street' the soldiers are coming down. But down the street the sun is shining up. Until next time, I remain somewhat numbed by it all; dazzled by the incredible response by our friends and family; and grateful for all the kindnesses affoded us by so many.
Sorry to be away from the blogs pond for so long. With its surface freezing, I should be able to skate freely soon. Thankfully you bloggy frogs have not stopped your blogpaddy hopping and chirping. See you again soon I hope.

papa D

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