Jim's Blog

Morning Hope

The sun crawls high early
Dissipating cold
As children discovered
In forbidden toys
High expectations
Await this day
Perhaps this one
Was made for me
I know you doubt it
I feel your scowl
You hide it well
But I can tell

Emotions and Chemistry

Welcome to my world.  I will admit that emotions play a large part in who I am and consequently what I do.  I am no more or less emotional than anyone else.  To say that someone is an emotional person seems a bit silly since we all have emotions.  I suppose some may display them more than others, but we all have them nonetheless.

I think gauging the quality of life by emotions is fairly ridiculous, as there are many factors that cause emotions besides just how well things are going.  For example, chemicals in the body, which may change or adjust for many different reasons play a huge role.

I remember when I was tired of being overweight a few years ago and decided to start cutting starches from my diet.  I fell into the groove of eating this way fairly easily, laying off the obvious foods like rice, breads, corn etc, and eating more proteins and fats.  I found I could eat at almost any restaurant and stick with it, so it worked well for me and I lost weight. 

I noticed that as I lost weight, my blood pressure improved and something surprising happened, my mood changed.  I would say the overall condition of my mood improved many fold but my circumstances had not.

So what does this mean?  Life moves forward, and we must meet it with who we are.  Why spend life unhappy?  Do something about it.  Do something. Don't waste another moment doing things that don't make you happy.