Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Before things get too "medical", let's get ourselves together.

Guten Tag lieber Leser ,

Experienced readers of this blog know that I am a fan of Prescription Medications listing of possible side effects in their marketing pieces (see http://zerofunjohn.blogspot.com/2011/04/weight-of-our-choices.html for reference). Savvy readers may have also picked up on the fact that, not only do I loathe mosquitoes, they seem to despise me at the same time (see http://zerofunjohn.blogspot.com/2011/07/bruce-lee.html for a bit of reference on this subject )....Furthermore, the most prolific reader may also know of my aspirations to become a Motivational Speaker (see http://zerofunjohn.blogspot.com/2011/05/u-and-ur-motivational-speeches.html for reference). And even furthermore, you may know that I have never been defeated in an eating "contest".

Last evening while having dinner with some good friends, they "challenged" me to try and eat 6 saltine crackers with no water (etc), in the span of one minute. I tried. I failed. Good thing this was merely a "challenge" rather than a "contest". So, loyal reader, you may continue to be confident in me to destroy any and all opponents who dare enter an eating "contest" against me. However, I wouldn't be too confident in my eating "Challenge" skills at this time. But this post is not about that, and you may be wondering why I foreshadowed this post with some key points about my life and aspirations complete with click-able links?

Before I get to my point, which will enhance your life and thoughts through this holiday season and beyond, I'd like to point out that I was terrifyingly correct about something I claimed recently. My claim was, since I am still dealing with hoardes of mosquitoes that congregate on my back porch and back door, that they have constructed some type of fortress that I cannot locate. I'm assuming it is under my porch somewhere but I've launched seek and destroy missions, I've ran extensive surveillance and have even hired espionage experts to help. All to no avail. I know, I know....This is a ridiculous claim. Then how do I explain the droves of mosquito warriors that were perched on my backdoor last night??? It was fucking November 28th last night people!! You think you have a better explanation than my "fortress" theory??? I'd really love to hear it....I'd also really love to not have malicious blood sucking demons lying in wait for me to come home so they can take me out. It makes me crazy but, I chose to control my attitude last night and broke out "The Equalizer" for an impromptu death-dealin' party in my kitchen (http://zerofunjohn.blogspot.com/2011/06/sniper-equalizer-hot-topics.html)....anyway, here's a picture of just a corner of the backdoor in question. ***Warning, the picture may be unsettling to some readers***



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Shocking....riveting...



So,I was watching TV the other night and once again got really amused at the extensive list of potential side effects that could happen if you take a prescription drug. It got me to thinking that we all really need to seek other ways to take care of ourselves. America peddles the "put-a-band-aid-on-the-Cancer" thinking and pharmaceutical companies take it to the bank. Shit, recently I looked up a prescription that I use for Asthma and it's retail cost in the U.S.A is $295.99. The retail cost through a Canadian pharmacy was $64.95. Wow. Now, I'm not going into the massive insurance scam that America runs on us, or the cost of prescriptions in our country. I'm only suggesting that we need to focus on our physical health or our mental health simply cannot be vibrant. If our mental state is not vibrant --or at least comfortable-- than our spiritual health (not talking religion here folks) cannot blossom. Our physical health is the easiest and most mechanical key to mental and spiritual health and also a factor that many of us tend to place low priority on --which leaves many of us to have to rely on prescription drugs to "feel better". Truth is, unless we have our physical, mental AND spiritual health "in line", we will have difficulty feeling consistently "happy". All you need to do is get active, get healthy and keep doing it. Your mental and spiritual health will respond in accordance. That said, I believe, considering all the wonderful information available to all of us these days, that we should focus on natural cures, holistic approaches to health and consistent activity that will help to enhance our physical state of being --Before things get too "medical". Yes reader, this perspective is going to be part of my budding Motivational Speaking career in the future...just working on the speeches.

But even more important than this perspective, is our attitude. Health concerns are stressful for people. The holidays can be stressful for many people. Day to day life can be stressful to people. Shit, just getting out of bed can be stressful some days. We can't control things like mosquitoes constructing fortresses under our porches in efforts to strike back at a person who has destroyed countless numbers of them. We can't control the fact that America absolutely rapes it's citizens with healthcare costs and prescription prices. We can't control the actions of friends, like when they issue an impossible eating "Challenge" thus putting a perfect eating record in jeopardy. Again, just so you know, it was not a sanctioned eating "contest".

Anyway, we can control our attitudes and that's where we need to focus because that's where everything "good" or "bad" originates from. I'm leaving you with a quote from Charles Swindoll that, when I first read it, opened a door to "better" thinking for me. Maybe you've read it? Maybe not? Either way, it's still good to refresh/realize. Here you go:

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”


Later....


~ZFJ

4 comments:

MikeMcGarry12 said...

Video of said eating "challenge" coming soon to a Facebook page near you.

Zero Fun John said...

Mike,

Very cute...setting me up like that. Real nice, you're a really good pal. "Thanks"

~ZFJ

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it fucking changed my life.
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Aussiescribbler said...

It's true that it is best if we don't have to rely too much on medications. I'm prescribed a couple of mood stabilisers for bipolar disorder and take them just to be on the safe side, but I put down my happiness and creativity to my approach to the shit I find in my head. :o)

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