PERSEVERANCE

…
I was just checkin' out the "University of Minnesota -- WRESTLING" (My FAVORITE athletic TEAM) website.

I was INSPIRED!

(YouTube the song "Into the Flood" by Anaria.)

We ALL have "OBSTACLES"/"BLOCKERS" along OUR respective "PATH" to HAPPINESS.
Nonetheless, to quote the LEGENDARY Dr. Martin Luther King:

"WE SHALL OVERCOME!"

(… Even though it was UBER-tough & -time-consuming, I MISS wrestling.)


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"When the GOING gets TOUGH, the TOUGH get GOING"
BACK to work … on COMPLETING the job/task.

(… Although I may STRUGGLE during some tasks, there is no GREATER FEELING than having that "sense of ACCOMPLISHMENT & ACHIEVEMENT" upon COMPLETING said GOAL!)

(… I EXPERIENCE these emotions--ADVERSITY then TRIUMPH--OFTEN during my WORKOUTS at "NeuroFit 360".)


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…
Speaking of my GLORIOUS LEG-gymnnatorium, I had--possibly--my BEST, most PRODUCTIVE "PERFORMANCE" today!
First, I "WALKED"--with MY walker--through the front door of "NeuroFit 360".  I "WALKED" over to a CUSHIONED-table to sit down.
Next, I--AGAIN--"WALKED"--outdoors/"AROUND the facility"--WITHOUT a sitting/resting-break--for ~31 minutes.  (… I checked my watch.)
Then, I practiced my "SIT-to-STANDS" from said "table".  While STANDING, I made SURE to shift SOME of my weight onto my weakER/INJURED LEFT leg.
Finally, I CONTINUED the weight-shifting, but with leg-LIFTS.  So, as I leaned onto my LEFT hip, I'd lift my RIGHT foot and SLOWLY SET IT back down … onto the floor--WITHOUT stomping!
(… I TEND TO be A BIT "HEAVY-footed" with my RIGHT-footed steps, 'cuz I SUBCONSCIOUSLY LACK enough TRUST in my LEFT-legged STRENGTH.)


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JEEZ, AGAIN with the LOUD, INCESSANT barking from my neighbor's ANNOYING, WHINING dog!
(AAARRRGGGHHH!)

Nonetheless, in HONOR of the blog-topic, I MUST HONE my IGNORING-skills.


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I sat--in my MOTORIZED-wheelchair--in/on my driveway from ~6:50 pm to ~9:35 pm.
I was UNCOMFORTABLE just SITTING THERE for ~2 HOURS & 45 MINUTES (~165 MINUTES) (~2.75 HOURS).  However, I--THANKFULLY, BRILLIANTLY--thought to invite my mother to PLAY CARDS with me to keep me DISTRACTED/ENTERTAINED as we handed-out "TREATS"/CANDY to 44 DIFFERENT kids.



…

"Judge NOT, lest YE be judged."

…
--Matthew 7:1, Bible



“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,


Love like you'll never be hurt,


Sing like there's nobody listening,


And live like it's heaven on earth.”

(--William W. Purkey)  



'Carpe diem.'

(-- Latin for 'Seize the day.')


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I, actually slept VERY WELL.

My neighbor's dog finally PARTIALLY/KINDA SHUT UP!  

("Knock on wood.")

(… HONESTLY, I JUST did.)

(… THREE separate times)

PLUS, I'm--STILL--VERY HAPPY with/about my "kinetic-

production" at my WORKOUT yesterday.

(Also, I'm NOT gonna lie: It feels PRETTY DARN GOOD, 

when ALL the staff-trainers at my gym told me that my 

"AMAZING 'work' will make (me) VERY SORE".  But, I 

actually feel FANTASTIC and not stiff/tight/sore AT ALL!  

So, I'm in a GREAT mood!)



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EVERY Thursday I go to my KIDS' Karate-class … either to 

TEACH (~twice a month) or just WATCH.  So, I ENJOY that. 

(The ONLY drawback (  : (  ) is that either my mom or 

Comcast BROKE MY printer!  I NEED to PRINT-OUT my 

lesson-plans & techniques!  Since my mom is KIND, 

TRUSTWORTHY and RESPECTFUL, … & the "Comcast"-

company "SUCKS ASS", I'm gonna BLAME that "piece-o'-

SHIT" company.)



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I CANnot STAND (NO pun intended!) when people 

STRICTLY OBEY "doctors" as if they are IN-fallible 

"gods"!  

NURSES--NOT "doctors"--can SOMETIMES be WAY 

smarter/"more useful"/"more LOGICAL" than SOME 

doctors.

((… HORRIBLE example: 

My NURSE fixed my--SEEMINGLY--broken printer.  

(Thanks for NOTHING … but STRESS & FRUSTRATION,

 Comcast!))



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(RIDDLE--applicable to ME:)

"What is EVERYTHING to someone … and NOTHING to 

everyone else?

… 

Your MIND, baby!"

(--Edward Nygma/E. Nygma/The RIDDLER, 'Batman 

Forever')



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…
"Young men with a 'hunger' for vengeance DON'T need 

'ENCOURAGEMENT'.  They need GUIDANCE."

(--Alfred to Bruce Wayne, 'Batman Forever')


I sought REVENGE against "F.I.N.R." for--BASICALLY--

taking ALOTTA MY money, NOT aiding me & "WASTING 4+ 

YEARS of MY LIFE.  But, thanks to the CARING & 

INSIGHTFUL MENTAL-/EMOTIONAL-"assistance" of my 

FRIENDS, FAMILY & PSYCHOLOGICAL-THERAPIST, I've 

learned 'tis MUCH BETTER/"MORE COMFORTING" to 

"push ON" & try to "BETTER … MYSELF" than to wish 

HARM or FAILURE upon OTHERS.



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I've certainly experienced "a FAIR SHARE of" "being LET-

DOWN" during my RECOVERY.  

(… Y'ALL--to ME: "So, LOWER your SELF-expectations!"

MY retort: "In order to IMPROVE, I hafta ALWAYS 'aim for' 

the BEST!"

Although by this way of thinking, I can/will/DID say:

"JEEZ!  I haven't been this DISAPPOINTED since I 

ACCIDENTALLY walked into a GAY-bar, … and NOBODY 

'HIT-ON' me!"

(--Raj, 'The Big Bang Theory')

(… YES, I--the FOREIGN guy--am SO "COMFORTABLE"

with my (HETERO-)sexuality that I can ADMIT 

my INCIDENTAL wanderings.)



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…
"'GAMBLING''s not a 'problem' when you WWWIIINNN!"

(--'Mom')

(… SSSHHH!  DON'T tell Vegas that I can "COUNT CARDS"!)



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JEEZ, what an IDIOT!  

I'm VERY UPSET, because ONE of my caregivers--a 

"BARELY English-speaking" DUNCE (SARCASTIC thanks, 

Mom!) JUST hung up on an IMPORTANT phone-call I was 

expecting!  THEN, he--MISTAKENLY--called my "SPEECH-

therapist" … at 10:17  pm!



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(ME--to HIM:)

...
"I work on a level so RARIFIED that YOU can't even IMAGINE it!"
(--'The Big Bang Theory')  



...

POINT -- Business-advertising

…

"Step away from normal,

Please, we insist.

Hold off from the humdrum.

Really, resist."


(--''Hendrick's Gin'')


Since I ABHOR "following the NORM"/"staying IN-LINE", 

I REALLY WANT a "TASTY beverage" (--my fraternity's 

"CODE-name" (… SSSHHH!) for an "ALCOHOLIC drink"!



(… In MODERATION)


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I learned the CORRECT spelling of "ouija" (pronounced "WEE-jee").

A "'ouija'-board" is

"a device consisting of a small board, or 

planchette, on legs that rest ona larger board 

marked with words, letters of the alphabet, 

etc., andthat by moving over the larger board 

and touching the words, letters,etc., while the 

fingers of spiritualists, mediums, or others rest 

lightly upon it, is employed to answer 

questions, give messages, etc."


"Did you KNOW that when Alexander Graham 

Bell INVENTED the telephone, he proposed 

answering it by saying, 'AHOY'?"

(--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')

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"I LOVE 'Strawberry Quik'!  It's my FAVORITE drinkable RED-liquid. … 

… "NARROWLY beating 'Pepto-Bismol'."
(--Shelton, 'The Big Bang Theory')


P.S. When in college, I RANDOMLY chugged a bottle of "Pepto-Bismol" … and "Dimetapp" … on SEPARATE occasions!

(… I'm BEYOND "WEIRD!"
SSSSSSSHHHHHHH!)


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In regards to my LEG-workouts (at "NeuroFit 360"), I've 

learned--courtesy of one of my staff-TRAINERS (at "NeuroFit 

360")--that "you'll (I'll) have your (MY) GOOD days and your 

(MY) BAD days".

Today was a SPECTACULAR day!

… I WALKED on the "I-Care" for 

21 MINUTES & 7 seconds--withOUT a break AND WITH 

GREAT back-/neck-POSTURE!

(… THAT's a NEW record!)

I established MYSELF as the "PUSHING-force" on said "I-

Care" at 24, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43 & 44 pedal-

revolutions/minute.

(… "PHENOMENAL Cosmic-POWER!  … ITTY-BITTY living

-space.")

(--Genie, 'Aladdin')

… I practiced STANDING-UP and MAINTAINING my 

"STANDING" with my hands RAISED/"NOT supporting me"!

(… I did this for 4-second, 7-second, 10-second then 17-

second intervals.)

(… My ENDURANCE is IMPROVING!)

(… KICK-ASS!)



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...
…
THROUGHOUT my "RECOVERY", I've ACCEPTED that 

"SHIT happens."  

"You CAN'T treat everything as a 'LIFE-or-DEATH situation', 

'cuz you'll 'die' A LOT.  

… Write that down."

(--'Van Wilder' … WHICH I'm WATCHING)



...

DAMN YOU, "Mother Nature"!

…
So, I ABRUPTLY awake from my PEACEFUL slumber at

5:21 am

with a POWERFUL urge to "DRAIN the MAIN VEIN".  (… It's anatomically IN-accurate rhyming SLANG for "URINATE".)
So, I--SLOOOWLY yet controllably--"WALKED" the 71 STEPS to my "urine-dispensory" (Read: "TOILET".) for my FIRST "deposit" of/for the day.
Said "deposit" was rather/VERY ERATIC/"ALL-OVER-the place!
Nonetheless, I utilized my VAST & INTRICATE knowledge of trigonometry, physics, bioengineering & MY OWN BODY to "weather the storm".
I "settled the 'STORM'" and "WALKED" the 64 STEPS BACK to bed.
Since I canNOT fall BACK ASLEEP, my day BEGINS.

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Although I EXCEL in a GREAT/VAST # of things, I still CERTAINLY have my "DOWNFALLS" (METAPHORICALLY … PLEASE).

"SUCCESS makes LIFE easier.  It doesn't make LIVING easier."
(--Bruce Springsteen)

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(WARNING)

So, I've gone "#2" "ONLY" EIGHT times in the last TWO weeks.
8 / 14 =
(COMPUTING--calculator--noise:)

~57.14% 'de mis dias en las dos semanas pasadas' have PARTLY been spent sitting OVER/ABOVE my "porcelain-THRONE".
((… I mention my "Ass-Activities" ("Alliteration aside."--'Dodgeball'), 'cuz I JUST returned--'en el martes'--from seeing my neural-psychologist, who WISELY analyzes my blog for my EMOTIONAL-state/mood, MATH/NUMBER-frequency, HOME-issues & SOCIAL-activities.))

(… Also, my neural-psychologist just HAPPENS TO BE Hispanic.)

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So, I was "channel-surfing", when I came across a film-title by which MORE PEOPLE I've encountered SHOULD LIVE,

'The X-Files: I Want to Believe'.

Strangely/Coincidentally/OMINOUSLY(?), the movie opened in

2008 -- the SAME YEAR as MY HORRIFIC, CATASTROPHIC, NOT-so-mysterious cat accident!

(… You'd BETTER "BELIEVE" in ME!
I DEFY odds and ACCOMPLISH miracles.
That's just what I DO!)

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'Tis VERY IMPORTANT that I put/set "BOUNDARIES" during my workouts, 'cuz I'll FREQUENTLY try to "push myself" … TOO FAR.

"KNOW your LIMITS."
(--My UPPER-body trainer)
(… I "work" my UPPER-trunk EVERY Tuesday.)

I KNOW EXACTLY what I CAN & canNOT do.
Thus--Therefore--Hence--Ergo--Consequently, it's not really taking a CHANCE, when I've ALREADY "crunched the numbers" on my ODDS/PROBABILITY of SUCCESS.
((… Although I did NOT take the class "Probability/Statistics" in high school (I "tested out of it", so I BYPASSED it.), my "ACING" of "Advanced Placement Statistics" proved MORE than LEGITIMATE for my SCHOLASTIC- & MATHEMATICAL-APTITUDE!))

"Knowing YOURSELF
is the BEGINNING of ALL WISDOM."
(--Aristotle)

"Beginning"?  I'm (ALWAYS) "GUNG-HO" for/about (MORE) LEARNING!

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As EVIDENCED by the PLEASANT WONDERS of MY last 29 YEARS, SIX MONTHS, ONE WEEK and FOUR DAYS, I'm A (LARGE) BIT OF a
MYSTERIOUS, CONFUSING ANOMALY!
(… MY LIFE is a "Rubik's Cube".)


…

(SIGH) Another DAY, another "step" (… in/on the CORRECT "direction"/"path")

…
My (LATE) morning BEGAN with an EXCELLENT "SOLO-TREK" (66 walker-aided STEPS 'a mi banyo').  My (LENGTHY) "conversation" with "Mother-Nature"--"about my URINE--was "solid" (METAPHORICALLY/SLANG) & PRODUCTIVE … with NO "hiccups"/"splash-backs"/"leaks".
(… NOICE!)
After a (RELATIVELY) minor DELAY in which my caregiver "FUMBLED AROUND" with HOW to pull up my boxer-shorts (It seemed like FOREVER!), I kinda "TRUDGED" the 70 PACES back to bed.  (APPARENTLY, my boxers have a "RIDDLE-KEY" to "UNLOCK" HOW to pull 'em UP!)  (… SPOILER alert!  SIGH, they do NOT.)
(… However, I DID HAFTA "mumble-out" a bit of a LOUD & FRUSTRATED GRUMBLE/GROAN of PAIN & FRUSTRATION, because the LONG wait of my STANDING--on ONLY my INJURED LEFT leg … a la a FLAMINGO--caused my SURGICALLY-REPAIRED/METALLICALLY-SUPPORTED LEFT KNEE to DRASTICALLY ACHE!)
ALAS, "I've gotta do what I''ve GOTTA DO."

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So, I had … YET ANOTHER … GREAT LEG-workout at "NeuroFit 360".
There are some/certain/FEW exercises at which I STRUGGLE.  (Walking BACKWARDS, KNEELING, shifting my LEFT hip, etc.)
( So, I'll STOP, and "ATTACK" the exercise "from a NEW/DIFFERENT angle".)
I ACTUALLY WALKED--while HOLDING the handrails for SUPPORT--on the treadmill for 16 minutes and 42 seconds.
(… YAY!)

...
"It's about 'HEART'
and how 'BAD' you WANT it!"
(--Denver Broncos cornerback Chris Harris)

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Speaking of (HOW I ENDURED … ) my TRAGICALLY DEVASTATING injuries,
WE/I must NOT DWELL ON OUR/MY mistakes in the PAST!  WE/I MUST STRIVE to CREATE an IMPROVED FUTURE!

"IF you spend too much time looking in the REAR-view mirror,
you'll CRASH--NOT looking ahead."
(--NFL Denver Broncos head coach John Fox)

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… "FORGIVE … and FORGET."

After "SECOND breakfast"(--'LOTR'), I made ANOTHER "TREK" to "EVACUATE my BLADDER".  THIS "WALKING, STANDING & URINATING"-attempt was FAR LESS painful.
WHEW!
(… RELAX!  I'm talking about my PREVIOUS KNEE-pain!)
(… NO, I do NOT have a U.T.I., … WEIRDOS!)
(… I took 68 painLESS STEPS TO my "JOHN" … and 66 RELIEVED STEPS back to bed.

What I LEARNED:
We ALL make ERRORS/MISTAKES!
We mustN'T JUDGE/GRADE/EVALUATE by ONLY ONE PARTICULAR incident.  We HAFTA examine the WHOLE/ENTIRE/COMPLETE/OVERALL "picture"/"performance"!

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…
Speaking of "U.T.I.", how UNFORTUNATELY coincidental that there IS also a
"Universal Technical Institute" ("U.T.I.").
(… HOPEFULLY, employees/workers THERE do NOT use "INFECTED piss" for an "OIL-change".)

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I'll admit:
My INITIAL thoughts & feelings regarding MY future were QUITE BLEAK.

But, through my HARD WORK, DETERMINATION and "STRENGTH" (mental AND physical), I "pushed ON" and sought to apply my OTHER "virtues" (MATH-intelligence, "MARTIAL ARTS"-expertise, HEALTH-knowledge, etc.) to help OTHERS.

If "OPPORTUNITY doesN'T KNOCK'",
build a "DOOR".
… "DON'T be afraid to 'get your hands DIRTY' (METAPHORICALLY)."

(… The right PROCESS begins with the right/CREATIVE mindset.)

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"If you doN'T 'make the TIME' to work on creating the LIFE you WANT, 

you're eventually going to be FORCED to spend ALOTTA time 

'dealing' with a life you DON'T."

(--'Fitness World')

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…
"'GENIUSES' have LOW 'E.Q.'--'Emotional Quotient'."
(--'Scorpion')

(… In a RELATED story, I am NO LONGER physically-ABLE to CRY!)
(… It's a NEUROLOGIC-issue.)

…
"Do you know WHY 'GENIUSES' are GREAT dancers?
…
'Cuz we have TWO LEFT-brains."
(To ME:)
"Did you just make a JOKE?!"
(--'Scorpion')

('Scorpion' is the BEST show!)

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Finally, I've GOTTA give a "SHOUT-OUT"/'KUDOS' to my neural-psychologist.
She KEENLY/WISELY/INTUITIVELY uses my blog-posts to ANALYZE my thoughts & feelings.

(… Also, WELL-DONE to her for CORRECTLY determining that NUMBERS calm & RELAX me.)

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P.S. …
"Remember, (y'all) TRUE FOCUS lies somewhere between RAGE and SERENITY."
(--Professor X to Magneto, 'X Men: First Class')


...

REVISED blogging-protocol:

…

Since I'm "A BIT" (… Try "REALLY") RANDOM,
I'm NOW gonna TRY TO blog-post ONCE per day (… in the EVENING or NIGHT) with MORE EXTENSIVE/DETAILED "posts".

(… NOT including this BRIEF post)

So, since I do NOT really go OUT that often, (I worry VERY/TOO MUCH that others' IGNORANCE would/will FRUSTRATE/UPSET me SO MUCH that I'll cause HARM to MYSELF and/or OTHERS.
Thus, I tend to AVOID those situations.), I HOSTED a MINOR party for some FRIENDS this past Saturday night.

GOOD times were had by ALL.  (I asked.)
IN ADDITION TO the great, inordinate amount of FUN I had just SOCIALIZING, I played some "'BEIRUT'"/"BEER PONG".  (… OODLES of FUN!)
MERRILY playing this game allowed me to
-- practice my TRIGONOMETRY/"ANGLE-MANIPULATION" & PHYSICS as I BOUNCED ping pong balls into "Solo"-cups of beer
-- minimize my COMPETITIVE-personality traits by "working"/playing with FRIENDS
-- continue my SOCIAL-persona as a JOVIAL, FRIENDLY goofball.


(A.J., GODSPEED!)


...

GREAT start to my day!

…
I've ALREADY "WALKED" THREE different times to 'mi banyo' to "RELIEVE myself"--via URINE.

Trial #1:
63 steps w/ 4 steps eyes-DOWN (TO toilet)
61 steps w/ 4 steps eyes DOWN (TO bed)

Trial # 2:
59 steps w/ 2 steps eyes DOWN (TO toilet)
59 steps w/ 3 steps eyes DOWN (TO bed)

57 steps w/ ZERO steps eyes DOWN (TO toilet)
(… YAY!)
55 steps w/ 2 steps eyes DOWN (TO bed)

Ergo, NOT ONLY did I have ONE VIRTUALLY "FLAWLESS" (… "Virtually … FLAWLESS"?!  Ha ha HA!)"toilet-trek, but I get to do MORE … MATH!)

(… COUGH cough!  … NERD!)

(… Calculator-noise)
THAT' an average of
59.0 STEPS per "WALK"
with ~2.67 STEPS glancing DOWN.



CONCLUSION
My "WALKING" is … IMPROVING …
and my CONFIDENCE/TRUST in my feet is GROWING!


...

RELUCTANTLY, I beg to DIFFER!

…

"Once you've WRESTLED, everything in life is EASY."

(--Wrestling LEGEND Dan Gable)

(… I WRESTLED--competitively--for EIGHT YEARS.

As DIFFICULT, time-"PRESSING", MENTALLY-challenging & EXHAUSTING as THAT was, my CURRENT "situation" "DWARFS" that COLOSSAL challenge.)

...

Dear CLOSEST Nurse:

…

"I need you to check my head for CHAIR-LICE."

(--Sheldon, 'The Big Bang Theory')

Also, while at the dentist today, I noticed that my goatee' was CONSTANTLY itchy.

(… Is it POSSIBLE to get LICE of the FACIAL-hair?!)

(… Do I WORRY too much or WHAT?!)

...

Have FAITH!

…
To ALL ye DOUBTERS/"HATERS":


"What seems impossible one minute becomes, through faith, 

possible the next."

(--MOTIVATIONAL speaker/writer Dr. Norman Vincent 

Peale)




...

(WARNING) When "Nature calls", you/we/I "ANSWER"--REGARDLESS of the TIME!

…
Even, if it's 5:48 am--on a Tuesday (MUCH like…  TODAY), I'll "TREK" to my 'toilette' to "RELEASE my bladder-tension"--WITH a SLOWLY-formed spit wad.

After I SLOWLY--yet STEADILY--"sauntered" back to bed (64 steps), I "received ANOTHER call from NATURE"--this one more URGENT!
(Said "call" was at 6:34 am.)

My EYES have been tending to stay UP … MORE, rather than DOWN at my feet.


ANALYSIS

-- By my NON-"food" induced bathroom-trips, my body is becoming LESS-reliant on "OUTSIDE-stimuli" to SECRETE/EXCRETE its "WASTE".
(YAY!)
-- Although my # of required-STEPS is still HIGH, the fact that my glance is up/straight-ahead MORE demonstrates my INCREASING CONFIDENCE in my OWN foot-STRENGTH & -PLACEMENT.



...

Turn your OWN "DREAMS: into "REALITY".

…


DON'T put the "KEYS" to YOUR HAPPINESS in someone ELSE's "pocket".

(… Accept/Take RESPONSIBILITY.)


...

CHERISH the "GOODS"!

…

"RE-examine ALL that you have been told.
…
DISMISS that which insults your soul."
(--Walt Whitman)


…
"HARNESS-IN the GOOD energy,
& BLOCK the BAD.
Harness--GOOD.
Block--BAD.
It's like a CAROUSEL."
(--'Happy Gilmore')


...

I BELIEVE in WALKING & TALKING.

…


You BECOME what you BELIEVE.


...

"SIMPLE ARITHMETIC" = "KEY to IDEAL REALITY"

…
FOLLOW your DREAMS!


DREAMS + HOPE + ENERGY + COMMITMENT/DEDICATION + TIME = REALITY



-- BELIEVE!

-- NEVER give up!

-- HOPE!

-- Keep TRYING!

-- Stay POSITIVE!

-- DEDICATION

-- LOVE life!

-- MIRACLES happen!


...

I feel ENTIRELY TOO RESPONSIBLE for MUCH of the UN-happiness of those "CLOSE to ME".

…

My brother--to ME: "Feeling GUILT is not a BAD thing.

… It just means you're HUMAN."

(--'Scorpion') 

ME: "Then again, ''c'est la vie''."

(… French for ''that's life'')

...

"LOOKS can be DECEIVING."

…

"When you look annoyed all the time, people THINK that 

you’re busy."

(--George, 'Seinfeld')




(… Plus, I find great HUMOR in people's MIS-interpretation, if 

they do NOT ask how I'm doing.)

(… It's FANTASTIC stress-release/-relief!)

(… "Communication is KEY!")




...

MAKE/"SCULPT" your OWN FUTURE!

…

"To hell with CIRCUMSTANCES.

I create OPPORTUNITIES."

(--Bruce Lee)

...

My SPITTING (YAY!) is NOT rude!

…
So, EVERY TIME I "WALK" to my "JOHN" to urinate, AFTER my "urinary-deposit", I "eject saliva" … from my mouth.

OCCASIONALLY, the spit kinda STICKS to ITSELF, so it takes me a tad longER to "conjure up" SIZABLE phlegm-loads.
(… This ADDITIONAL time is actually GOOD for my "STANDING".)

ANYWAY, during my most RECENT bathroom-break, I secreted an INORDINATE amount of urine!
(… I was KINDA "holding it IN" during my GREAT workout at "NeuroFit 360".)

Upon my arrival back home, I "TREKKED" To The Toilet ("Alliteration aside."--'Dodgeball').  IMMEDIATELY after my urinary-secretion, I ventured to "TEST" this tactic.
As my saliva kinda "hung TOGETHER" as it descended, I couldn't HELP but think of the HUMOROUS line in 'Big Daddy':

"That one TOUCHED THE GROUND!"



...

"NEW 'shit' has come to light."

…
(--'The Big Lebowski')

So, I went film-shopping recently.
I bought two dvds for MY entertainment.
While AT 'Walgreens', I discovered SEMI-startling/disheartening evidence that--SADLY, UNFORTUNATELY--

MANY people are INCONSIDERATE and flat-out RUDE to disabled individuals--like ME.

-- Two DIFFERENT fellow-customers drove their carts … INTO ME.
(… At my lowER height, am I THAT DIFFICULT to SEE/SPOT?!)
(… ONE person didN'T even APOLOGIZE!)

-- Another customer (a middle-aged man) saw that I was REACHING for the LAST of this particular dvd, and he practically RAN OVER to snatch it up!
(… Just IGNORE common-couresy regarding MY being in a wheelchair AND MY reaching for the film FIRST.)
(… THAT was UBER-sarcastic!)


...