Sunday, September 6, 2015

(ENCOURAGING-songS:)



(MY revisions/editions are in CAPS:)

'Here I Go Again' by the group  'Whitesnake"

"I don't know where I'm goin'
But I sure know where I've been
Hanging on the HOPES in WALKS of 'YESTER-DAY'
An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time
Here I go again, here I go again
Tho' I keep WAIT-ING for MY NERVES
I never seem to find what I'm looking for
Oh Lord, I pray you give me strength to carry on
'Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams
Here I go again on my own
Goin' down the LONELY road I YEARN-TO AGAIN know
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time
Just another BRAIN in need of rescue
Waiting on NERVES' sweet RE-BIRTH
An' I'm gonna hold on for the rest of my days
'Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams
And here I go again on my own
Goin' down the LONELY road I YEARN-TO AGAIN know
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time
But here I go again, here I go again,
Here I go again, here I go
'Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams
Here I go again on my own
Goin' down the LONELY road I YEARN-TO AGAIN know
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind, I ain't wasting no more time
Here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
'Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams
Here I go again on my own
Goin' down the LONELY road I YEARN-TO AGAIN know
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone."


…………………

'Absolutely' by the group "Nine Days"

"This is the story of a 'CRIP',
Who--METAPHORICALLY--cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while HE looked so sad WHEN HE'S ALONE IN BED,
I absolutely love IT,
When HE 'WALKS'!  ...
How many days in a year?
HE woke up with hope but HE only HAD FEARS!
And, HIS LACK OF EMPATHY can be so insincere,
Making HIS promises never SEEM real!
As long as HE SITS there waiting,
'Wearing the IN-ACTIVITY in the soles of HIS shoes!'
How many days disappear?
TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRD EIGHTEEN.
HE YEARNS TO, AGAIN, 'GALLOP' IN THE 'WALKING-SCENE'.
When you look in the mirror so how do you choose?
Your clothes never wear as well the next day!
And your hair never falls in quite the same way!
But you never seem to run out of things to say!...
This is the story of a 'CRIP'
Who--METAPHORICALLY--cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while HE looked so sad WHEN HE'S ALONE IN BED,
I absolutely love IT,
When HE 'WALKS'!  ...
How many NERVES RE-GROW?
Just to put of with this shit day after day!
How did I wind up this way?
Watching our HANDS for the words that we TYPE.
As long as we SIT here BLOGGING,
Wearing the clothes of the souls that we choose!
How do we get there today?
When we're walking to far for the price of our shoes!
Your clothes never wear as well the next day!
And your hair never falls in quite the same way!
But you never seem to run out of things to say!...
This is the story of a 'CRIP'
Who--METAPHORICALLY--cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while HE looked so sad WHEN HE'S ALONE IN BED,
I absolutely love IT,
When HE 'WALKS'!  ...
This is the story of a 'CRIP'
Who--METAPHORICALLY--cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while HE looked so sad WHEN HE'S ALONE IN BED,
I absolutely love IT,
When HE 'WALKS'!  ...
This is the story of a 'CRIP'
Who--METAPHORICALLY--cried a river and drowned the whole world!
And while HE looked so sad WHEN HE'S ALONE IN BED,
I absolutely love IT,
When HE 'WALKS'!  ...
When HE 'WALKS'!
When HE 'WALKS'!"

Saturday, September 5, 2015

"I'm NOT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE HERE today!"


(--Dante, 'Clerks')
… Since I was SUPPOSED-to show my NEW techniques to the ADULTS' Martial Arts class today, … RATHER-than my USUAL KIDS' class viewing, I was A BIT "TORN" as to WHO/WHERE deserves my FULL-attention.

(… ACTUALLY, I attended some of BOTH.  … I've GOTTA give the people what they WANT!)

(My 'Sempai'--to ME--after my INSISTENCE to DEMONSTRATE MY techniques … in DEFIANCE of BOTH my NURSE AND my "Martial arts"-Professor:)
Him: "Shocking ABUSE of AUTHORITY!"
"Hey, I'm a FIRM believer in the concept of a 'ruling-class' … ESPECIALLY 'cuz I RULE!"
(--Randall, 'Clerks')


(Despite the MANY people who DIS-agree with my COGENT--and USUALLY CORRECT--decisions, I must NOT let ANYONE HIGHLY-/SIGNIFICANTLY-INFLENCE my "OPTION-weighing".)



Since I REALLY ENJOY JOKINGLY "bustin' my BUDDIES' chops", I asked MY BLOG-"Creator"--a "DIEHARD" 'Star Wars'-FANATIC:

ME--to Him: "What'd you like better--'Return of the Jedi' or 'Empire Strikes Back'?"
Him: "'Empire Strikes Back."
ME: "BLASPHEMY!"
Him: "'Empire' had the better ending. I mean, Luke 

gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets 

frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down 

note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All 

'Jedi' had was a bunch of Muppets."

(--Randall & Dante's back-N-forth, 'Clerks')



(REPEATED CLOSE-proximity "promotes" a CASUAL, RELAXED openness between people.)


My housemate: "So, I'm with this girl last night, & as we're 

HEAVILY-kissing, I whisper to her, 

''Call me 'A.J.'s BITCH'.''"
...
(CONFUSED but HORROR-struck) MY response: "People 

say crazy shit during sex. One time I called this girl 'MOM'."



So, I went-OUT with my housemate/buddy (NO, 'twas NOT a 

"MAN-date"!  … I brought my Caregiver … who's ALSO  

GUY.  … Ergo, was it a MALE "three-way"?  … HHHMMM.)

(… AAAHHH, HUMOROUS SELF-deprication!) to HIS 

father's birthday-PARTY.

'Twas FUN.  But, I did NOT enjoy NOT being-able to SWIM! 

My housemate--SARCASTICALLY, to ME: "Melodrama 

coming from YOU seems about as natural as an oral bowel 

movement."


My housemate--to his dad--about ME--AT his father's party: "You know, that guy (A.J.'s) got it right, man. 

He has no delusions about what he does. Us... we like to 

make ourselves seem so much more important than the 

people that come in here to buy a paper, or, God forbid 

cigarettes. We look down on them as if we're so advanced. 

Well, if we're so fucking advanced, what are we doing working 

here?"


My housemate--to ME--about my EXCITEMENT at 

ATTENDING his father's get-together: "You hate people!"

MY retort:" But I love gatherings. Isn't it IRONIC?"


ME--to my NeuroPsychoTherapist--in DEFENSE of SOME 

of MY actions: "   So, my point is that people dictate their 

own behavior.   I like to think I'm a master of my own 

destiny."




...

"W.T.F.?1"


"Nature called" at
2:56 am EDT.
So, I arose from my slumber & "rang my buzzer" for my (NEW) caregiver … to serve as my "SPOTTER" as I "WALKED" 'a mi juan' to, … uh, … "DRAIN the MAIN VEIN"/URINATE.
I waited for his verbal-acknowledgement of "my summoning".



(No response.)



I rang again.



(SILENCE)



I rang 16 MORE times, EACH followed-by a LONG-PAUSE of mine to LISTEN-for a RESPONSE.



(Still NOTHING)

Thus, I--FRUSTRATING--called MY house-# via telephone.

But, (AUDIBLE-SIGH) THAT did NOT work.



(SIGH) So, I SCREAMED!



(Nothin')

I KEPT SCREAMING!



FINALLY!  After 17 DISTINCT, LOUD buzzer-rings & nine LOUD-yells, he came-to me--his BOSS.
Ergo, I "WALKED" to go "RELIEVE-myself" … of "URINARY-tension/-pressure/-buildup".  AFTER returning to my bed--following my--EVENTUAL--"Time-consuming, Tumultuous Toilet-Trek" (… "Alliteration aside."), I "gave him a STERN talking-to" about
BETTER-listening, verbal-acknowledgement of calls, his "DEAFENING-SNORING" & his LOUD television.
(… I "FROWN on that".)
RATHER-than straight-up FIRING him there, (I was PISSED!) I explained to him his RESPONSIBILITIES & "gave him ANOTHER chance".
(HOPEFULLY, I am NOT "TOO nice"!)


P.S. After "INSPECTING the COLOR of my URINE", I'd VENTURE to say that
I do … NOT have a "Urinary Tract Infection".
(WHEW!)









P.P.S. As UPSET as I WAS at my NEW employEE's LACK-of ATTENTION, he DID just give me a HEARTFELT-apology of CARE & CONCERN.
So, I'll give him another chance.





MORAL
EVERYONE F---S-up SOME TIME!
(SIGH)
It's INEVITABLE.



...

Friday, September 4, 2015

OPTIMISM = (EVENTUAL) BLISS

… 
"OPTIMISM" is the faith that leads to achievement.

little can be done without confidence.



If you doN'T GO-after what you want, you'll never HAVE it.


If you doN'T ASK, the answer's always "NO".


If you doN'T step-FORWARD, then you'll always be either 


"STATIONARY" or "going BACKWARDS". 



 So, at Karate-class last night, my "Professor" said some 

VERY ENCOURAGING words about how "HELPFUL (my) 

GREAT techniques" are!  Also, he said that I could CO-teach 

my NEW techniques to the ADULTS'-class 'man(tilde)ana 

por la man(tilde)ana'.

( YAY!)

(Just for FUN, I'm gonna DESIGN/CREATE one MORE 

technique to "KEEP him on his TOES".)

( "NEVUH QUESTION Bruce Dickenson!"--Christopher 

Walken, old-school 'S.N.L.')




YESTERDAY, my NEW employEE did a "SOLID" job of 

"SHADOWING" one of my BETTER caregivers.

(… Said "NEWbie" tries his "FIRST-day" Saturday 

EVENING/NIGHT.)




SADLY, MOST of my FAVORITE SPORTS-teams have 

REALLY been "DRAGGIN' ASS".  I'm such a 

BIG/OBSESSED sports-FANATIC that--TOO OFTEN--I let 

THEIR POOR-performance "cast a DARK-shadow" over my 

otherwise SPECTACULARLY-PRODUCTIVE days of 

FORMAL & IN-formal "training"/"muscle-STRENGTHENING".  

(… SHAME on ME … for being an ATHLETICS-oriented 

MAN!)


… To interpret the SUB-par seasons more-

OPTIMISTICALLY, I'll "just CHALK 'em up" to 

"REBUILDING-year"S.

ALTHOUGH, FOOTBALL (NFL AND NCAA) are STARTIN'-

up.  So, I've got two MORE (POTENTIALLY-/HOPEFULLY-) 

JOYOUS "worlds" into which I may "JUMP"!




Regarding MY "interpretations OF"/"reactions TO" Life's 

"SHIT-storms", I tell MYSELF:

It NEVER gets EASIER.

You j(I) ust get BETTER.




NO-matter the SITUATION, remind yourself:


"I have a CHOICE."



… I COULD just lie-around ALL-DAY, EVERY-DAY & be a social-PARIAH, since I--BASICALLY/TECHNICALLY/TEMPORARILY--do NOT walk OR talk.  But, I'm ALWAYS "workin'"/STRIVIN' for that IMPROVEMENT!



"CHANGE is inevitable.

PROGRESS is optional."

(--MOTIVATIONAL-speaker Tony Robbins)





By EDITING/REVISING the painted-message on the wall of 

my GREAT gym--"NeuroFit 360", I'll make it even-MORE 

MOTIVATING/UPLIFTING, 'cuz it's MORE 

"MATHEMATICALLY/LOGICALLY-'SOUND'":

(MY revisions are in BOLD.)

"'FAITH' + (FOCUSED-) 'PERSISTENCE' = (POSITIVE) 

'RESULTS'".



"You KNOW I could NEVER live in a city in which the streets 

are laid-out in a 'WHEEL & SPOKE'-pattern!  

(Washington, D.C.)

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

(… Besides, I LOATHE how OBSESSED & 

BOTHERSOME/ANNOYING some people can be with/about 

POLITICS!  … 'Tis NOT MY "cup o' tea".)






In CONCLUSION, 

I "illustrate" how IMPORTANT/ESSENTIAL 'tis to "FIND" 

your "area-of-EXPERTISE" & CHERISH/"HARNESS" it!




Thursday, September 3, 2015

"I can't CRY. I don't SLEEP."


For the last three mornings, the FIRST time I'd glance at my bedside-CLOCK, it's been 
3:14 am.  
(… RELAX!  I'm still feeling WELL & NOT-tired.  So, I THINK it MAY have JUST been my ODD sleeping-habits:
Once, I had to URINATE.  Once, I had to "go #2".  Once, I just had a nightmare.)
… But, THEN, I "BEAT" "EXPERT-level" "Minesweeper" … five times.  
(… YAY!)
… THREE of said VICTORIES took me--INDIVIDUALLY/EACH--THREE & 7/30 MINUTES.  … What's ANOTHER way to write/type/interpret THAT victory-time?
… 
3 min. 14 sec.
(… HHHMMM.  Coincidence?  … I think NOT.)
(… I've got 'Pi' on my mind.)
… 'Pi' = ~3.1415926535897932 …) 


(Since I'm a VERY SKILLED practitioner of martial arts, I LOVE-to--PHYSICALLY--fight.)
(… NOT a SERIOUS-/ANTAGONISTIC-"melee" … JUST "sparring"/"PRACTICE")
(… I've actually NEVER-been in an ACTUAL-"fight".  I've always AVOIDED serious-CONFRONTATIONS and/or "TALKED my way OUT of" POTENTIAL-violence.)

… "The (BLOG-)Architect"(--'The Matrix Revolutions')--to my housemate--about ME: "(A.J.) has PROBLEMS."
My housemate: "You mean, BE-YOND 'Pacifism'?"
The Architect: "(A.J.) was a CONSCIENTIOUS-Objector."
Housemate: "I did NOT know that."
(--The DUDE & Walter, 'The Big Lebowski')
(… I'm NOT violent or aggressive or confrontational.  It's just COMFORTING to recognize something at which I--STILL--EXCEL.)


What you tell YOURSELF EVERY DAY will either 
"lift you UP" 
or
"tear you DOWN".
((… Being the OPTIMIST I am, I try to begin EACH & EVERY day by watching MY high school VALEDICTORY … to REMIND myself:
A) People DO LIKE & RESPECT me.
2) I can be VERY INSPIRING … in a COMICAL-way.
(… ODDLY-similar to what I TRY-to accomplish with this blog)
D) MY SELF-deprication is meant-to 
JOVIALLY-/COMEDICALLY-MOTIVATE me to "BETTER-myself".))

(… CONTRARY to MY OPTIMISTIC beliefs/philosophy/mantra, SOME "LIFE-sciences" CAN-be rather "glass is half-EMPTY".)

"On a LARGE enough time-frame, EVERYONE's survival-rate drops to ZERO."
(… SUCH is "MORTALITY". 
Ergo, CHERISH/SAVOR the GOOD/GREAT times!)


My LACK OF sleep BEGS for the question(S):
Am I aN "insomniac"?

OR,


"Am I Tyler Durden?!"

(--'Fight Club')


So, I've been having OCCASIONAL STEERING-problems with my MOTORIZED-wheelchair.  At FIRST I was convinced that 'twas FAULTY-steering.  THEN, 

… "The ONLY way to 'DEFEAT' 'TEMPTATION' … is to 'YIELD' to IT!
(--'BLUNT Talk')


… 
I COULD write MORE.  But, NCAA-football season STARTS TONIGHT!
So, I MUST watch.
(… But, GREAT Karate-VIEWING!)





MORAL
Even IF you have a "glass is half-EMPTY"-view of LIFE, RECOGNIZE the IMPORTANT-aspect:
At LEAST there's "WATER" in YOUR glass!
(… "WATER" = "HOPE";
"YOUR glass" = "YOUR life")



...

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

BEWARE of "the DANGERS of CONFORMITY"!


"I'm exercising my right NOT to 'walk'."
((… Oh, (not so)SWEET I-ron-EE!))
(--'Dead Poets Society')

… The FIRST "step" towards "GETTING-SOMEWHERE" is to
DECIDE that you're NOT going-to STAY where you are.


"'STRENGTH' doesN'T come from what you CAN-do.
It comes from 'OVERCOMING' the things you once thought you couldN'T."
(--Ashley Greene)

… (Tapping my foot)
I am "in-the-process" of … POSITIVE-changes.

When you STOP "chasing the WRONG-things", you "give the RIGHT-things a chance to "catch you".


(Y'ALL have been blessed with "IMMEASURABLE POWER" to make POSITIVE-changes in your--respective--LIVES.)
I CHOOSE-to
make the REST-of-my-life
the BEST-of-my-life.
(… "ANSWER the 'call' … from 'LIFE'.")

… "So, it IS about 'CHOICE'."
(--Neo, 'The Matrix Revolutions')

… 'Por ejemplo',
I COULD DECIDE-to NOT "give EVERYTHING my ALL" & just "REST on my laurels".
(… I shrug my shoulders.)
But, I'd RATHER "go WITH the grain" of my ACTIVE-lifestyle & "stay BUSY". 

… MINOR Grammatical-Quiz (… 'cuz I KNOW my "Speech/Language Pathologist"-mom IS reading this):
"For the LAST example, INSTEAD of "gettin' FANCY" with my SPANISH 'For example', could I have SUBSTITUTED-IN 
"E.g." 
OR
"I.e."?  … Why?






… 
And, … TIME!

I COULD (ONLY) have used "I.e."  Ya see:

"I.e." stands simply for "that is," which written out fully in Latin 

is 'id est'. "I.e." is used in place of "in other words," or "it/that 

is." It specifies or makes more clear.


"E.g." means "for example" and comes from the Latin expression exempli gratia, "for the sake of an example," with the noun exemplum in the genitive(possessive case) and singular to go with gratia in the ablative (prepositional case) singular. "E.g." is used in expressions similar to "including," when you are not intending to list everything that is being discussed.
The abbreviation e.g. can be used with more than one example, but don't end your multiple examples with "etc." Don't say: I like coffee shops, e.g., Starbucks, Seattle's Best, etc. Do say: There is debate as to whether some of the Julio-Claudian emperors (e.g., Tiberius and Nero) were evil.
(… The ABOVE grammatical-explanation comes from 
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/abbreviations/f/ievseg.htm 
"About Education". )

(… I remember THIS rule via the association -- 
"I.e. = Individual example;
"E.g." = Every grade)

… 
Today at "NeuroFit 360", I "WORKED-out" with/for a NEW (FEMALE-)trainer.  
Granted, I had NEVER gone-through such a "KINETIC-demonstration … AT my gym.  But, I "sucked it-UP".  She led-me as I WALKED the ~60 feet across the (INSIDE of) the facility, … while I held ONLY two LONG "canes".  Also, she STRETCHED & "INSPECTED" my "surgically-REBUILT" LEFT shoulder.



… 


Tuesday, September 1, 2015

APPARENTLY, I'm "PLAYING" the "GAME of 'Life'":


ME: "I WANT 'the ball'."
(… "The BALL" = "The RESPONSIBILITY")
My housemate: "'WINNERS' always do."
(--'The Replacements')

(After a quick-"huddle" between ME, MYSELF & I, A.J.--the "quarterback"/"LEADER" announced to HIS "TEAM":
… "I wish I could say something CLASSY & INSPIRATIONAL, but THAT just wouldN'T be our style."

… "DoN'T be AFRAID … to give up the GOOD … to go for the GREAT."

(--Steve Prefontaine)

… "The 'BIGGEST ENEMY' of 'GREATNESS' is …

'Good-ENOUGH'."
(--ORIGINALLY by the French philosopher Voltaire, but REVISED by my "Martial Arts"-Professor)

… NOT to BRAG, but 'tis REALLY-NICE to hear OTHER 'Senseis' COMPLIMENT me.  

We were sittin' around at my "Professor"'s house recently as we-ALL watched a big UFC-fight … & "shot the (PROVERBIAL) 'SHIT'".  
One guy commented that he DREADED my KICKS.
Someone-ELSE thanked me for introducing so many WRESTLING-moves to HELP his Jujitsu.
… THESE remarks were "met with a RESOUNDING/DEFINITIVE agreement".
My "Professor" added that "It shows GREAT DEDICATION & DETERMINATION that (I am) STILL very-ACTIVE 'within the DOJO'."
(… "'DOJO'" = 'Martial Arts SCHOOL/GYM)

… "It is the 'SUPREME-ART' of the TEACHER to 'AWAKEN' JOY in creative-KNOWLEDGE & -EXPRESSION."

(--Albert Einstein)
(… I ABIDE-by THIS "responsibility", whenever I TEACH a Jujitsu-class: I "AIM-to" CREATE/DESIGN a couple thought-PROVOKING techniques to STIMULATE "the CREATIVE-juices/-sparks".  … AND, I ALWAYS-encourage 'preguntas'!)

… ME--to my housemate: "You know what seperates the 'WINNERS' from the 'LOSERS'?"

HIM: "The score?"

ME: "No, getting back on the horse after getting kicked in the 
teeth."
( I mean this, OF COURSE, 
METAPHORICALLY/FIGURATIVELY.)

(I often DIS-agree with my mom about HOW-to handle various-aspects of MY health, MY time and/or MY employEEs.  But, I TRY-to "hear HER argument" BEFORE making my FINAL-decision.)

… "'Tis the mark of an EDUCATED-man to be able to 'ENTERTAIN a thought' withOUT 'ACCEPTING it'."
(--Aristotle)
(… 'Por ejemplo': 
Yesterday I CONCLUDED my interviews--WITH my mom & MAIN-nurse.  They BOTH felt that "Candidate-B" was the BEST-choice.  I SLIGHTLY "leaned-TOWARD" "Candidate-C" … 'cuz of his HUMOR.  But, BOTH were MORE-than acceptable/legitimate.  Since I did NOT OPENLY-announce my PREFERENCE, they/I "went-with" "Option-B" with "Choice-C" as his/the "BACKUP".
"Only TIME will tell."  …)

…"The way I see it: If you've got a team, you've gotta TRUST 'em."

(--'NUMB3RS')

… 

"If you doN'T CHANGE 'the DIRECTION' you are likely to END-up … where you're heading."
(--John C. Maxwell)
(… Is that GOOD-news?!  
Is this a PROPONENT/PROMOTER of UN-faltering DETERMINATION?  OR, is it SUPPORTING "ADJUSTING-to one's MISTAKES"?  … OR, is it a little of BOTH?!)
(… I guess that it's "OPEN-to INTERPRETATION".
… Seeing as I am a STAUNCH-OPTIMIST, I FEEL that Mr. Maxwell is advocating "UN-wavering PERSISTENCE WILL lead-to EVENTUAL-VICTORY."
… THAT summary--courtesy of MY-words--has been MY "motto" THROUGHOUT my 
2,613 DAYS of RECOVERY/REHAB.

Alice (My--collective--LEGS): "Would you tell me, which way I 


ought to go from here?"


Cheshire Cat (My BRAIN) : "That depends a good 


deal on where you want to get to."


Alice: "I don't much care where."


Cheshire Cat: "Then it doesn't matter which way you go.” 


~ Lewis Carroll, 'Alice in Wonderland'

… 

Now, I'm no "SOOTHSAYER". ((LARGELY/MAINLY 'cuz 'tis a 'FAUX'-/FAKE-/FALSE-/PSEUDO-"Science".  … "'Fortune-telling' is MALARKY … that preys on the GULLIBLE & STUPID.")  (--Dr. Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory'))
… HOWEVER, I DO ADAMANTLY-agree with Mr. Wilson:
"The future is up for grabs. It belongs to any and all who will 

take the risk and accept the responsibility of consciously 


creating the future they want."





~ Robert Anton Wilson



( The BEST way to PREDICT the FUTURE is to CREATE 

it.)

… (ONE of my MULTIPLE-personalities is a WOMAN.  So, WE are having an INTERNAL-conversation.)

My--MALE--HEART's HARANGUING my--MALE--LEFT-arm, about WHY said arm did NOT "shoulder-roll" (SIGH!  "TEXTBOOK"-Karate) IMMEDIATELY-upon my automotive-EJECTION during my accident … to PROTECT the WELL-being of my--FEMALE--brain:
"Her LIFE was 'in your hands', 'DUDE'.  
… You fucked-it-up.  YOU FUCKED-it-UP!"
My arm's RETORT: "CCCaaalllmmm down, bro.  Nothing is 'fucked'.  You're being VERY UN-'Dude'."
My brain interrupts: "'Nothing is FUCKED'?  'NOTHING is FUCKED'?!  The GODDAMN PLANE has CRASHED into the MOUNTAIN!"
(--'The Big Lebowski')


Go CONFIDENTLY in the direction of 'your DREAMS' … in order to live the life you've IMAGINED.
(… LITERALLY, I "WALK"--in my house EVERY MORNING the ~70 feet … AT LEAST … PLUS a 90-degree LEFT-turn … to URINATE into 'mi JUAN'.)
… ALSO, I "WALK" AT LEAST four OTHER/longER "treks" around my BIG house during ANY day!
FURTHERMORE, there's ALL the "WALKING" I--GRATEFULLY--do at "NeroFit 360".
I ALWAYS "WALK" to my toilet … to URINATE--REGARDLESS of the time-of-day/-NIGHT.


"Do not pray for an EASY-life.  Pray for the strength to 

endure a DIFFICULT-one." 


Bruce Lee


(… "IF it were EASY, then EVERYONE would DO it."
… TRUST me: I wouldN'T wish MY injurIES/medical-SITUATION upon my WORST-enemy!)
(… But, my EXTENSIVE "martial arts"-training has taught me the  RESPECT, DISCIPLINE & … pain-TOLERANCE to accept,withstand &, ULTIMATELY, "hurdle-OVER" my--CURRENT/TEMPORARY disabilities.)

… "Pain HEALS.  Chicks dig SCARS.  GLORY … lasts forever."
(--Shane Falco, QB, 'The Replacements')


"INTEGRITY" 
is when what you SAY & what you DO are the SAME.


As the FOOTBALL-season FAST-approaches, I "LONG-to" RE-establish my LONGTIME-position as …
QUARTERBACK.
METAPHORICALLY, I'm STILL "CAPTAIN"/"LEADER" of a DIFFERENT kind/type of "TEAM".
LITERALLY, I wonder IF I could STILL "produce"/"create" my "spiraling-MASTERPIECES" … with ONLY ~55% of my RIGHT-/THROWING-HAND.

My INNER-monologue  with ME, MYSELF & I

"The truth is, you guys have been given something that every 

athlete dreams of: a second chance. And you're afraid of 

blowing it. We all are. But now our fear is shared, and we can 

overcome it together."

((… ESSENTIALLY, A.J. is a … "Team of ONE".  HE must 

"sum-TOGETHER" (MATHEMATICAL-term … OF COURSE) 

the EFFORTS of "MIND, BODY & SOUL".))



MORAL 

There was a RECURRING-theme about "ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY".  I REALIZE that--although I DO "make MISTAKES/ERRORS" (… LOTS since my accident)--I'm ANNOYINGLY-STUBBORN, … when I THINK/KNOW I'm CORRECT.  To MAINTAIN a POSITIVE/"FLOWING" work-environment, SOMETIMES 'tis wiseR to let OTHERS "WIN" a few "debates".  


ONGOING/RECURRING THEME: 
Since MUCH--ALL--of my RECOVERY-process is GRADUAL, 'tis "rather MONOTONOUS & HUMDRUM for me to ONLY blog/report on my DAILY-progress.
Ergo, I'll USUALLY select a FILM & relate THAT-day's "ESCAPADES" to SAID-movie.



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