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bill_g wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:06 am Thanks. I can hold my breath for 20 seconds now as well. That's a milestone in itself.

One day Gautama Buddha was walking in the woods when three men approached him.

With a sudden curiosity, they asked him if he had seen a woman running away.

Gautama Buddha diligently asked them the reason for chasing this woman.

To this, the men replied that the night before they had brought this woman for merrymaking but instead she drank them to oblivion and stole all their money.

Buddha simply smiled and said, “It is good that she reduced your burden”.

One of the three men was baffled and enraged by those words of Buddha. He thought that Buddha was mocking them.

Buddha sensed his disappointment and explained that the woman was stealing the most important thing from the all of them, that is “their precious time”.

The three men in a confused state look at Buddha as if seeking for an appropriate answer.

Buddha elaborates by saying that the most precious and priceless thing in this world is only time, which is being consumed completely in the chase of a woman.

He further added that they were dragging their past in their present instead they should realize the importance of time and move on in life with lesson learned.

Then, one of the three men questions Buddha, “what if we live in the moment?”

Buddha instantly replies by saying, “if you live in the present then you will be able to discover yourself and find out who you are.”

“You only lose what you cling to” – Buddha

"Breathing in, there is only the present moment, breathing out, it is a wonderful moment." – Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk, speaker and author

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:22 am Bill is living two remarkable, ancient principles - live in the now and breathe.

https://posthood.com/inspirational-quot ... he-moment/

bill_g wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:36 am Day 8 of my recovery. Blood pressure and SpO2 sats good. Energy good. Appetite good. Can't say the same for Mrs. She's spiraled down her old rabbit hole. Nauseous from not eating, and not eating because of nausea. Absolutely miserable and dangerously cranky. Barely drinks water. Knives of Death flare from her eyes whenever I try to get her to nibble on a cracker. I may have to check her into a care facility if she persists, and that's if anyone will take her. Portland is so overwhelmed with flu / RSV / Covid that you literally have to be on death's door to get any attention.

Other than that, I'm doin real good.

Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:38 am
I'm glad you're doing better but sad to hear Mrs. G is having so much trouble! I hope you're able to get what she needs worked out soon!

bill_g wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:52 am

Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:38 am
I'm glad you're doing better but sad to hear Mrs. G is having so much trouble! I hope you're able to get what she needs worked out soon!

Thx. These stubborn strong willed independent women can be a real pain in the butt sometimes.

Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:17 am
Odd, Mr. Gray says the same thing sometimes...

bill_g wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:52 am

Thx. These stubborn strong willed independent PEOPLE can be a real pain in the butt sometimes.

Azastan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 11:33 am

bill_g wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:52 am

Thx. These stubborn strong willed independent PEOPLE can be a real pain in the butt sometimes.

My orthopedic surgeon was telling me a story about how he and his grandfather were sorting cows and calves (o.s. grew up on a cattle ranch). The o.s. was on one side of the corral panel, his grandfather was on the other side. His grandfather had had both hips replaced, had pins and plates in his back, etc. My o.s. was diverting the cow's attention, and his grandfather grabbed the calf, flipped it onto its side, and got it vaccinated and branded.

Stubborn people are going to be stubborn. If you weren't stubborn too, you'd be dead...