BAHIH.ORG - Being a Human is Hard.

A Facebook post from September 25, 2022 - expounded      Recently I was in the shower and looking at the shampoo bottles around my bathtub when an oddly potent memory that I hadn't relived in years struck me. When I was maybe 12-13 years old, I was encouraged by my mother to attend a local church as a means to expand my social circle. At that time I was pretty content to sit in my room and read so I didn't get out much or make that many friends but that's not the point of this story.       I started going to that church and made many friends there, including an older retired couple whose names I sadly no longer remember. They were a very kind and generous couple, and they had a lake cabin nearby. Some Sundays after church they would bring me out to their place to swim and play. These were great salt of the earthy folks, the gentleman showed me how to fire a rifle. It was an air rifle. I don't know if Mom ever knew that he did that. He taught me the BRA...

Blow up your off-ramps. How committed to change are you? Are you making a change or testing out the idea of a change?  Are you all in or leaving escape routes in place for when it's time to cut and run?  'If you want what you've never had, you have to do what you've never done?' -Unk      I started a daily Thai chi practice in June. This has involved setting aside about 20 minutes, typically in the mornings, to do some slow gentle movement and breathing exercises. I’m doing this with the hopes of prolonging and improving my joint flexibility and overall mental focus which are part of my overall goals of longevity and productivity. Why am I telling you this? Maybe I am patting myself on the back. This is a good thing, right? And I mean I have been fairly consistent, missing only a few days here or there. I tell myself, it is okay that I skip it on the days when I want to sleep in and/or have other morning commitments. I tell myself, I could do it in the aft...