Well, today I spent a few minutes sitting on our front step. The day is still a little cool – but with the sun shining, it was great. Some times you just need to get outside the house. Funny the things that make the top 10 in a day!!
Last night Jill arrived home from an evening activity. As she walked in the door, she pointed to the sky. Not until 2010 would we see something like this. It was an eclipse of the moon. I pointed my camera out the window, through some branches. Here is the result! If you want more than enough informaiton on the lunar eclipse, NASA has this sight. Or check out thispicture taken by Reuters photographer
My brother was a postie. Most posties are fit and trim. But now, Australia is looking for posties to ride motorbikes.
Seems the need to do a lot of walking isn’t required anymore!! If you are overweight (and the Canadian definition of "overweight" has changed in these past few years!!), you still have the opportunity for the job of a lifetime!!
At physio today I was asked about my community outreach.
In the church, this relates to things like evangelism, or social assistance, or small groups, or relational friendships.
For me, with knees that don’t easily take me into community, community outreach is quite simple. This relates to getting outside of the walls of the house where I’m recovering.
The interesting thing? I’m not expected to be "getting out there"! At least if getting out there is detrimental to your health. Stretching beyond your pain or concentration threshold can put you backwards in recuperation.
I pushed physio a bit further to at least get some basic "rules". To which the reply came, "Listen to your body!" So we started talking about my concentration level — I’m good for about 3/4 hour with other people. When I sit in a regular chair, I get pains within 3-4 minutes and have to stand and move around. Someone also recognized that once I’m out with a group I will stay until someone has to lock up the door. so I’ll have to be very disciplined in any "community outreach" I undertake. Suggestion — Ride to the post office (this is a small town!!) and stay in the car. Just open the window and visit those who stop by to chat. They won’t stay long, they’ve had a chance to visit you and you won’t overdo yourself.
I’m thinking a whole new set of approaches to planning events. We often recognize kids have short term concentration, and seniors live with high pain thresholds. So how do we get granny and the kids together for an enjoyable meeting, and then go home wanting to come back next time?
Bikes for the kids and beds for the grannies? Might be something to consider!!