20190709 SAVERS for TUESDAY, DAD & MOM'S 88TH ANNIVERSARY

SILENCE

Tried to silence my brain for 60 seconds

AFFIRMATIONS

1. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
2. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
3. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
4. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
5. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
6. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
7. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.
8. I, Ken Taylor, am a loving human being.

Also said aloud for 60 seconds.

VISUALIZATION

I AM A SAFE AND COURTEOUS DRIVER.

EXERCISE

Did my full base-70 routine for a Tuesday:

1. ankle/wrist circles 70
2. toe/finger stretches 70
3. bicycle crunches 70
4. shoulder rolls 70
5. inversion table 3 70-second sets
6. squats 70

READING, WRITING

Read for 60 seconds in SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.  He explores the ideas that Americans adopted in 1776 about who we are:  he says we were not "created equally" by a creator.  Rather, we "evolved differently" over time.  Our genetic make-ups are all at least slightly different.

But my thoughts are based on this idea:  "We" - meaning the sepcies Homo Sapiens - can, in fact, define useful similarities among us.  "We" are alive.  "We" are human.  "We" eat, sleep, live, die.

So why can't we adopt some beliefs that might help us get along?  We CAN, and we DID, and we DO still today.

What are the beliefs?  No longer religious.  No longer mythological.  We are now aware that our evolution - whatever it's ultimate source - has led us to who we are today.  And we as a collective have reasoned that there is common good to be had, hopefully by all.

If that reasoning has been weak, or failed along the way, then it could still be valid.

And that "could still be valid" characteristic keeps me going.