Doing This Life

How do we do life? I think - no, I'm convinced - that we'd each do better achieving our own glorious success by whatever measure we wish to use if we had a plan or maybe a toolbox with those strategies therein to enable us to get through life, easily and effortlessly, with the most grace and to enjoy the most juice. Assuming that we are well along in life, perhaps into our thirties, by the time we discover this particularly scintillating truth, how do we recover?

How do we overcome being a regular snot around our Aunt Martha? How do we act like a grown up when Dad gets a wee bit drunk? How do we rein in that sarcasm whenever the subject of our boss comes up? How do we refrain from earnestly offering our advice on so many subjects? How can we get through our drama, vindictiveness, revenge, anxiety, grief and so forth?

(A brief aside here. There is no new thing under the sun. Most of this formidable stuff comes to us from the weekend-long seminar called Redefining Health at the Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, MD.)

So, what are these basics? Where do we start? So much to cover. . .

1,500 steps/158.5 lbs

To acquire knowledge, one must study, but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. - Voltaire

I've sat in Bob Duggan's class, Bob is one of the co-founders of the Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland, and heard him say that words can cause disease. Language most definitely has that power. Haven't we heard comments from our loved ones and had them cut us to the core? It is one big piece of how life comes at us. We experience our lives through so much sensory input, we appreciate seeing the birds and trees and sunrise on our commute to work but when that guy cuts us off on the beltway or that coffee shop guy makes a smart remark, we can get caught up in the living of our life. Be very definitely advised that problems are mandatory but upset is optional.

1,000 steps/158.5 lbs

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. - Voltaire

What's the purpose of this blog? It's not another attempt to record the ice creams, roller coasters, and disappointments. It's designed to be about acupuncture and how it may provide a larger look at life. Dianne Connelly, author of All Sickness is Home Sickness, reminds us to be awke and alive to being awake and alive. This is the day of March 29, 2010 and there will never be another like it. Are we even aware of it, as distinct from all other days? Are we on automatic? Ms. Connelly is quick to point out that we never know the day of our dying, the time of our transition, it may come at any time and we should move to that point where we live each moment like it may be our last because, eventually, we'll be right. Doesn't it juice every minute to ralize that right now is our only time on the planet and it doesn't last forever?


I see that we're advertizing NetFlix and other acupuncture sites.

I'm coming up on my sixtieth birthday, I seem comfortable with it. Sometimes wisdom comes with age, sometimes only aches and pains. Some drink from the Fountain of Wisdom, others only gargle.

What better time to begin a blog than right after suffering food poisoning? No, not my enemies, I did it to myself with some innocent home-based seafood.

Author Gary Vaynerchuk of "Crush It" fame says I should monetize my personal brand at every opportunty, so please forgive the Google inserted ads (they are based on my "word frequency" and other stuff in the post).

What's of value to you? What's important? The web, the news, the significant outcomes. We'll see.

I'm planning to post about me, the acupuncture journey and the patients' experiences. More to follow. . .