Sunday, May 22, 2005
May 22 Year 3, Day 63 hearts beat musing
+12C, clear, just a few clouds on the horizon, mild breeze
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last night we got within 10 feet of a young buck who bounded away magnificently as Gusta watched in silence; this morning it was a solitary walk, no buck or other critters in sight – just folks stopping garden work to pet a puppy – this dog is shameless & loves attention, perhaps not unlike its owner ?
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lovely peaceful calm morning; golf will fill the afternoon – work can wait
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how lucky most of us are, with much joy & minimal grief in day to day lives, going from work to play and back without pain or worry; on the other hand, I think my REAL good fortune is in knowing extraordinary people who deal with life’s painful & horribly difficult issues with magnificent strength & grace – they teach me through their strength; I am in awe & indebted
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yesterday’s stunning writing from Lh & responses give evidence that no words can relieve pain that deep or ease a sorrow that profound
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sometimes I like to steal other people’s words & make them my own; not just because out of envy for a clever turn of a phrase; when a few short words convey so much it is worthy larceny:
'life is a breeze with a heartbeat'
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kthumpf, kthumpf
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this got me wondering, what causes the heart to beat? I found this explanation, of many on the internet, in language I could understand: because of chemical reactions that occur in the body, you produce very small amounts of electrical energy. This electrical energy sends a message to your heart and makes it beat. There is a patch of cells in the upper right chamber of your heart called the "pacemaker" that first gets the electrical signal and then sends the signal on to the rest of the parts of the heart. There are parts in your brain that can control how FAST or SLOW your heart beats, but for normal, everyday beating, the pacemaker keeps your heart going. Some people have a bad pacemaker and need to get an artificial one.
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life is a breeze
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Mark
343,264
. . .
last night we got within 10 feet of a young buck who bounded away magnificently as Gusta watched in silence; this morning it was a solitary walk, no buck or other critters in sight – just folks stopping garden work to pet a puppy – this dog is shameless & loves attention, perhaps not unlike its owner ?
. . .
lovely peaceful calm morning; golf will fill the afternoon – work can wait
. . .
how lucky most of us are, with much joy & minimal grief in day to day lives, going from work to play and back without pain or worry; on the other hand, I think my REAL good fortune is in knowing extraordinary people who deal with life’s painful & horribly difficult issues with magnificent strength & grace – they teach me through their strength; I am in awe & indebted
. . .
yesterday’s stunning writing from Lh & responses give evidence that no words can relieve pain that deep or ease a sorrow that profound
. . .
sometimes I like to steal other people’s words & make them my own; not just because out of envy for a clever turn of a phrase; when a few short words convey so much it is worthy larceny:
'life is a breeze with a heartbeat'
. . .
kthumpf, kthumpf
. . .
this got me wondering, what causes the heart to beat? I found this explanation, of many on the internet, in language I could understand: because of chemical reactions that occur in the body, you produce very small amounts of electrical energy. This electrical energy sends a message to your heart and makes it beat. There is a patch of cells in the upper right chamber of your heart called the "pacemaker" that first gets the electrical signal and then sends the signal on to the rest of the parts of the heart. There are parts in your brain that can control how FAST or SLOW your heart beats, but for normal, everyday beating, the pacemaker keeps your heart going. Some people have a bad pacemaker and need to get an artificial one.
. . .
life is a breeze
. . .
Mark
343,264
