part 3 did not disappoint. I just love the bliss you experience with the joys of community and all the friendships you have developed with your cold swim peeps.
I knew that loneliness is fatal...especially with the elder population. I did not know that it is twice as fatal as obesity. Wow.
moreso, I am laughing out loud at the fact that you mentioned Taylor Cecelia Brook and then she claimed you as a soul father. She calls me her soul mamma...so does that mean we are co-parents? I'm down for that.
Love you JFT. You always inspire my Sunday morning. I'm headed on a mini-road-trip to bring my Hobbit's cousin back to college today. My own version of parenting someone else's child.
The joys of the internet: So my father lives some 600 miles from here, and one of my take-advantage-of-the-internet joys is getting to hear stuff livestreamed/archived from his church. This weekend they had a two day seminar, and one of the sessions was titled "Does Your Cell Phone Use You Or Grow You?" No lie. That session was partly enlightenment - a bunch of stuff attendees may or may not have known about what extensive device use does to your brain - and partly strategies to realign your priorities. And one of the things he said was continued device use is addictive (of course we knew that) because it gives you stronger hits of the feel-good chemicals than individual activities like, oh, sea swimming and chatting with your friends :-/ You have to make a conscious decision to choose the wiser path and cultivate things like relationships because the annoying little self-reinforcing computer in your pocket WILL draw you away if you let it. Part of why posts like this one bring such a smile to my face :-)
So so true Sharon - it's no coincidence that certain top Silicon Valley executives banned their own children from having phones. They KNOW the potentially destructive power. Thanks for sharing and I hope the seminar was good. I have to ask… did people stream watch it on their phones? 😀😀
That is actually a very good question. The locals who aren't homebound were probably at the conference live - just got off the phone with my dad, who said they had about 250 in attendance across the sessions. Like I said, I'm 600 miles away, so no chance of taking a weekender to see them, lol. But what made it to the streams (session 3 inexplicably didn't, probably due to tech issues) was REALLY good, and session 4's stream was the one noted above. I stream on PC... while I have a tablet, it's used for brain exercise games and Kindle 99% of the time. I have an emergency prepaid phone that stays in my purse and I check the charge maybe once a month if I remember to. I only use it for emergency calls, and I don't give out the number, so half the time I'm worried that if I really DID have an emergency and someone needed to call me back, I wouldn't remember how to answer :-/
Thank you for sharing this! Most choose the self-reinforcing computer all too often. This comment is a great reminder to cultivate joy in other (better) ways.
We spend so much time focusing on all the things we should be doing, but connecting with others, that sense of belonging, is just as important—just as important as focusing on physical health.
part 3 did not disappoint. I just love the bliss you experience with the joys of community and all the friendships you have developed with your cold swim peeps.
I knew that loneliness is fatal...especially with the elder population. I did not know that it is twice as fatal as obesity. Wow.
moreso, I am laughing out loud at the fact that you mentioned Taylor Cecelia Brook and then she claimed you as a soul father. She calls me her soul mamma...so does that mean we are co-parents? I'm down for that.
Love you JFT. You always inspire my Sunday morning. I'm headed on a mini-road-trip to bring my Hobbit's cousin back to college today. My own version of parenting someone else's child.
The joys of the internet: So my father lives some 600 miles from here, and one of my take-advantage-of-the-internet joys is getting to hear stuff livestreamed/archived from his church. This weekend they had a two day seminar, and one of the sessions was titled "Does Your Cell Phone Use You Or Grow You?" No lie. That session was partly enlightenment - a bunch of stuff attendees may or may not have known about what extensive device use does to your brain - and partly strategies to realign your priorities. And one of the things he said was continued device use is addictive (of course we knew that) because it gives you stronger hits of the feel-good chemicals than individual activities like, oh, sea swimming and chatting with your friends :-/ You have to make a conscious decision to choose the wiser path and cultivate things like relationships because the annoying little self-reinforcing computer in your pocket WILL draw you away if you let it. Part of why posts like this one bring such a smile to my face :-)
So so true Sharon - it's no coincidence that certain top Silicon Valley executives banned their own children from having phones. They KNOW the potentially destructive power. Thanks for sharing and I hope the seminar was good. I have to ask… did people stream watch it on their phones? 😀😀
That is actually a very good question. The locals who aren't homebound were probably at the conference live - just got off the phone with my dad, who said they had about 250 in attendance across the sessions. Like I said, I'm 600 miles away, so no chance of taking a weekender to see them, lol. But what made it to the streams (session 3 inexplicably didn't, probably due to tech issues) was REALLY good, and session 4's stream was the one noted above. I stream on PC... while I have a tablet, it's used for brain exercise games and Kindle 99% of the time. I have an emergency prepaid phone that stays in my purse and I check the charge maybe once a month if I remember to. I only use it for emergency calls, and I don't give out the number, so half the time I'm worried that if I really DID have an emergency and someone needed to call me back, I wouldn't remember how to answer :-/
Sounds like a great event
Thank you for sharing this! Most choose the self-reinforcing computer all too often. This comment is a great reminder to cultivate joy in other (better) ways.
Wonderful read, and thank you for mentioning my article there.
Thanks... you're very welcome
You always start my week with smiles! And thanks for the shout out! 😃
Very welcome Nancy
What an entertaining (and enlightening) piece! And thank you for the shout out. 🙏
You're welcome Amy
Great read - per usual! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Thanks and you
Glad you enjoyed it Teri- yep it seems community is SO important for us all. Too funny re. Taylor!
We spend so much time focusing on all the things we should be doing, but connecting with others, that sense of belonging, is just as important—just as important as focusing on physical health.
Happy New Week to you :)