Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Early this morning I saw this in the UK papers (and Malta’s, I think):
NHS hospitals are using end-of-life care to help elderly patients to die because they are difficult to look after and take up valuable beds, a top doctor has warned.
He talks about removing a “patient from the LCP despite significant resistance.”
Oh, you don’t know about LCP? Read it all
I went on my early morning half-mile-each-way walk. (I like to walk.)
The temperature was a tad nippy, the precipitation was barely drippy, the air currents were somewhat whippy, and I felt borderline zippy.
As I walked, I talked. In my head. With certain subjects on the agenda. Read it all
I’m indebted to Emily Smucker for today’s unexpected food for thought.
A photo-posting error on her part triggered this reminder for me:
At times I must be a source of sunshine for my children.
If I purposed to be that more often, what effect would it have on their dark times?
And what would it do for my own dreary times? Read it all
I saw myself in the mirror this morning.
My reflection reminded me of a pair of pants I had long, long ago. They were light blue (if not burnt orange). The legs flared (moderately) at the feet end. I think they were the only B3 (bell-bottom britches) I ever owned.
This morning I sadly noticed again that my pants now Read it all
My road.
Phone in hand.
Also their lives.
And mine. And mine. (No, I’m not repeating myself; that’s an optical “illusion.”) Read it all
Then you may not want to bother reading this.
Especially if you find a certain pleasure in being down and disheartened.
I understand. Too well. So well I empathize.
Which is why I am posting some practical things that help me cast down dejection. Read it all
Longer title: A Broader, More Flexible State of Attention
Shorter title: Kinsey IV
Shortest title: 🙄
Original title: Drinking Alcohol May Significantly Enhance Problem Solving Skills Read it all