Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Do Your Best, Even When You Think Your Best Is Not Good Enough

     I wasn’t able to distribute any papers this month due to a mass of occurrences in my life.  My family and I took our oldest child back to college and drove a lot of miles going one way on separate days while my wife and I celebrated, the best way that we could, our 22nd wedding anniversary, and our other two oldest children started school again.  On top of that, I’m working 12 hr. shifts in a new position at a fortune 500 company.  With all that being said, I’m still going to give you all something to benefit from so that life can be better; plus, a good friend at work helped me remember what my passion in life is and how I must be motivated in my own pursuit of happiness, which is giving to you pieces of information to help you live life and manage stress.
     This month represents so many things that I wanted to talk about from journals that really help inform the public, but here is the condensed version.  Energy expenditure has to be put in perspective relating to a historical context compared to now.  This is something I will write about next month, but for now just consider the fact that evolution does not just apply to creation in terms of survival, but it also relates to biological processes and “genes” that have “programmed” mankind during cycles of feast and famine.  By the way, do we live in an age where we are experiencing times of feast and famine now? 
     I also want to give insight on this country’s physical literacy initiative.  I will be distributing more information about how to engage in small, effective ways to increase adult and youth physical and mental stamina in future issues, but I suggest that you take a look at http://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/2015/02/25/project-play-summit to fully understand how the United States is taking responsibility and action.
     My State of the Month Address is really popular and this month observed many interesting things, but I’m going to stick with what interest me, and maybe some of you, this week: (23) National Ride the Wind Day, (24) National Waffle Day, (25) Kiss and Make Up Day, (26) National Dog Day, (27) Just Because Day, (28) Dream Day, and last but definitely not least (29) National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day.  My wife has sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease that affects large body organs, but her symptoms don’t seem to be as prevalent right now.  I honor her this month in conjunction with our anniversary.
     Well, that’s all for now.  I will begin again in September with some fresh information that will definitely inspire better living.