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 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:
Joe Nicolella says
I am reminded of a one-on-one playground basketball game some years back in which one of the players was addled with a cast on one leg to contain the damage being done to his knee from Osgood Schlatter disease, I believe. That player’s compassion, determination and optimism, on display both then and in the words above today, are what makes him so gifted and special.
ChuckBehrens says
I remember THAT particular player, that particular game at DEWEY. . .I also remember that one of those particular players refused to walk with the other player after playing courageously, but not victoriously; I remember very particularly that the only thing that snapped this player out of the agony of defeatism was the knowledge that he was not given deferential treatment or merely allowed to win because of his handicap, which made this player feel that he was defeated but immensely undefeatable…Thanks again, for THAT memory