Chemistry

Better living?

There are still chemistry sets!  I used to experiment as a kid.  Had both fun and learned something.  It was my and many other kids' intro to socalled hard science.

Don't know what's in the current sets.  Lazy reporting on my part?  Maybe.  But there was nothing dangerous years ago.  Besides I had supervision.

I've always been one to wonder and investigate what makes things tick.  That's on all levels in all ways.

Chemistry involves action/reaction.  One thing leads to another.  And some things blend while some don't.

In relationships, we often hear of chemistry.  Are they simpatico?  Things in common?

We hear of chemistry when devising business deals.  It's around when we find out if we like something or not.

Sometimes it's instinctual.  There are people who rub us the wrong way and vice versa.  Light and dark know each other.

So, mix and match.  Watch out for danger and go ahead.  Freedom is risky.

Empathy

Beyond sympathy.  It's more than been there done that.

Some of us experience good and bad of others.  We can 'see' what comes down.

Stress can be good or bad.  Do we have ways to relieve it?  Good, healthy methods which see us through.

Believe it or not re the level of caring people give.  I contend such empathy happens. I've experienced folks who do so.

If we can offer support one on one, then we can continue to unite.  We can give of ourselves for groups and for our country.  We can be on the side of others worldwide seeking Freedom as well.

It's not a matter of allowing your emotions to control you.  It is a balance of head and heart.

That  is the crux of life and certainly the essence of the Republic.

Search your feelings, you know it to be true lol.

One piece fits with another.

Together we stand.  Divided we fall.

Legal.

Remember Darth Sidious' manipulations in The Phantom Menace etc?  Slowly, secretly, behind the scenes, he manipulated policies and suborned people and laws to his benefit, all for control.  Sound familiar?

He was cautioned that certain things weren't legal in the Republic.  ''I'll make it legal'', he said as he wended his way to power.

Funny thing that one of my daily dictionary words today is allege.  Commonly used today, it implies that something hasn't been proven, even though it has occurred.  For 'legal' reasons, it must be processed in a court of 'law'.  It used to mean someone offering proof in support of a plea.  There is truth and there is legal truth.

Rule of law implies Constitutionally established  procedure.  Rule of men implies the almost whimsical attitude undermining the former.  ''Well it's the law'' is the excuse for many abuses.  And without the Constitutional checks and balances, whatever someone in temporary control says goes.  Witness the current impeachment process.  They say one thing and do another.

The specter of the distorted faces of traitors pop up and file past my mind.  They don't predominate, but they do create distaste.  These are the perpetrators of sedition and treason.  It has always been so.  Let them be a reminder that Freedom isn't free.  We must always fight to preserve it.

As Crockett said in The Alamo 1960, ''There's right and there's wrong.  You gotta do one or the other.  You do the one and you're living.  You do the other and you may be walkin' around, but you're dead as a beaver hat.''

So that might explain why it seems that we get down to the wire, to the edge of desperation.

We are fast coming to extinction or redemption.

Best to remember legal is not moral.

Workout

Seems like it was just New Years Eve.  A whole month into the year already.  There is a difference now.

I was not besotted.  I was breaking with sporadic exercise and a slow system that obstructed my goals.

Sure, I was aware and busy doing my part, working to Restore the Republic.  But I was personally lagging.  I crept along, distracted.

Now, I'm shedding some excess weight by watching what I eat.  No alcohol for a while and activity, physical vigor.  It's working.

Due to my work, I'm at my bedroom desk a lot, tapping away.  I get up and move around.  In addition to workouts, I do calisthenics.  I flex, breathe, working my stomach muscles.  I include my butt and grip and neck.    And perhaps most importantly, I walk.  I'm rebuilding my endurance.

As for time, I remain acutely aware.  I'm mindful of aging and I'm not letting myself grow discouraged.  I will use my time.

How much time is up to the Great Maker.  I hope I'm allowed enough to accomplish my part in all this.

I will keep on.  I will workout.