And so there it is.            .
.
My poor left knee.          .          .

Most likely more than you wanted or needed to see, huh.          .          .

And yet it shows the painful truth that at nearly

6  3

I have arthritis

and I am bone on bone

because of all the years of running;

Hmmmmmm and here I thought I was actually taking care of myself.       .       .

It wasn’t the 8 marathons

so much the

T R A I N I N G

for the 8 marathons

AND ffter having a really rough time getting in and out of a car

climbing up and down stairs

getting out of a chair

or even walking comfortably

I finally

with the advice of my family doctor

went to see in orthopedic surgeon.      .     .

He confirmed what  my knees were screaming:

‘your knees maybe nearly 63 years of age but they look like a 95-year-old man’s.          .          .

O            U            C            H

~~Literally~~O U C H
.        .        . after talking and confirming the obvious

we talk different plans and maybe different interventions

The least invasive was

getting a Cortizone shot
(It was painless)

and even more so

before I actually got off the examination table

I was pain-free for the first time in 3+ years.           .          .

I           N           C           R           E           D           I           B           L           E
It  kind of got me to thinking though.       .       .

if I can take a shot for something like this

and alleviate this physical pain

that I have Night and day

and worsened under certain conditions.            .            .

Is there such a shot intervention for the pain in the

S      O      U      L.          .          .

I believe there is.          .          .

I believe you’ve experienced that

I believe without going to a physician

or counselor

you can have that even at this very second;

I believe it can last longer than three weeks

or three months or

possibly even six months at its best.          .          .

I believe it has no downside

no side effects

and the only bad reaction

is limited to how often I apply

or take the treatment/intervention/therapy.        .        .

It’s the most effective,
least evasive,
absolutely cheapest,

without a doubt the best guaranteed treatment available.          .          .

In fact it not only what makes a soul,

A  SOUL
But it’s also what

D     E     F     I     N     E     S          I     T :

C           O           M           P            A           S           S           I          O          N

If it were possible to take an x-ray of the soul

each and everyone

would contain this element of compassion
and the only obstacle would be  how we dispense it
and how often we do.         .        .

And this is where we believe the  L  I  E  S :

COMPASSION can only be dispensed very sparingly or else it will cease to be compassion

or very effective compassion.             .
.
THAT
Every once in a while compassion is all that’s needed

not each time or one time but every time.           .          .

The shot of compassion normally does another soul good

but
E          S          P          E          C          I          A          L          L          Y

THE  O N E   S O U L

which dispenses it even better with greater effects.           .          .

THIS  COMPASSION

(GIVEN)

absolutely has no limit;

no shelf life

no expiration date

W             H             E             N

GIVEN and RECEIVED

f             r             e             e             l             y

not just magical

but miraculous things

take place to both the Giver and the Receiver

The   B A D     N E W S :

T               H               A               T

Will never show up on an x-ray
or an MRI
or a blood test;

there will never really be a device
a mechanism
and instrument

that’ll ever be able to measure
I  T
but there won’t be a device
and instrument
a mechanism
that will ever be able to deny it.           .          .

Some of this out giving

Of   C O M P A S S I O N

from your soul to another soul

may not be able to be completely measured;

B          U          T

it will be absolutely

unequivocally

undeniably

not just received

but wonderfully

E           X           P           E           R           I           E           N           C           E          D

Uhhhhhhhh, Yeah.          .          .

I don’t want to shot of that

(I  WANT  AN  OVER  DOSE)

Pssssssssssssssbsssst,  R E M E M B E R:

Pay Attention, Class: