18 September 2008
I just got back from a weekend meeting with world famous concert pianist, Danny Wright. www.dannywright.com/site/index.php . We spent the weekend working on a project to put my book, Jigsaw, to music. The plan is to create a product that is a hybrid of both music and words to help people going through divorce.
Wow! Am I excited!
I stayed in the North Dallas business district at the Doubletree at Campbell Centre. (That's the complex depicted in the opening scenes of the old evening soap opera: Dallas). The next day, I was invited to "The Mansion" Hotel on Turtle Creek Drive, where Danny treated me and a few friends to a private concert.
I will never forget Danny sitting at a brilliant white Steinway, in a white shirt, his back to a huge west window. The sun was setting as he began to play. His blonde hair glowed white.
His music is incomprehensibly beautiful, and touched me at places in my heart that I did not know existed anymore.
Anyway, Danny is going to be writing music especially for the book. What good fortune for me and for thousands of people who will be touched in the same way I was! I can't wait!
Have you ever met someone that you instantly knew was a kindred soul? Meeting Danny was like that for me. This is simply one of the most attractive people I have ever met, and his music as gorgeous as he is. I did not want to leave. What can I say? I am in love!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Knowledge is power
A few weeks ago, I had a pain on the left side of my neck that prevented me from sleeping well at night. In fact, I stayed up until 4 a.m. several nights, working on things so I wouldn't have to go to bed. In the back of my mind, I recalled that my father had suffered a heart attack at age 50, and had several heart surgeries thereafter. Of course this lead to my fantasizing about all kinds of dire causes for the pain in my neck that was also radiating to the left side of my chest and left shoulder.
I rarely go to doctors, but this situation motivated me to find a cardiologist near me. Luckily, she was an excellent one; Dr. Vicky Savas. After testing my blood pressure and so forth, and hearing my symptoms, she opined that I had pulled a muscle in my neck and merely needed to take some anti-inflammatories and lay off exercise for a few days. Meanwhile, I signed up to take a stress test, because the pain had caused me enough concern to make me want to be sure it was not my heart.
I took the stress test, and two weeks later, got the result. Dr. Savas said it was "stellar." That wasn't enough for me; I had to know exactly what that meant. She said that during the test, my heart rate went up to 150 while on the treadmill. Generally, it is a good thing when patients heart rate goes down ten to fifteen beats in the next minute. But Dr. Savas told me my heart rate went down 75 points, to 75, in one minute! She said it was the best recovery they'd ever had. I thought of all the years I had silently worried about the condition of my heart, due to my dad's history. All the years I wasted with needless anxiety, only to find out that my heart is a champion!
How about you? Do you lay awake nights worrying about something that you could easily dispel with a little more information? If so, take my advice: Go out and find out about it. Whatever it costs, it's worth it. If there is something to worry about, you can take steps to deal with it NOW. And if there is not, you can restore peace to your inner space and enjoy your life more. As Winston Churchill once said, we have nothing to fear but fear itself
I rarely go to doctors, but this situation motivated me to find a cardiologist near me. Luckily, she was an excellent one; Dr. Vicky Savas. After testing my blood pressure and so forth, and hearing my symptoms, she opined that I had pulled a muscle in my neck and merely needed to take some anti-inflammatories and lay off exercise for a few days. Meanwhile, I signed up to take a stress test, because the pain had caused me enough concern to make me want to be sure it was not my heart.
I took the stress test, and two weeks later, got the result. Dr. Savas said it was "stellar." That wasn't enough for me; I had to know exactly what that meant. She said that during the test, my heart rate went up to 150 while on the treadmill. Generally, it is a good thing when patients heart rate goes down ten to fifteen beats in the next minute. But Dr. Savas told me my heart rate went down 75 points, to 75, in one minute! She said it was the best recovery they'd ever had. I thought of all the years I had silently worried about the condition of my heart, due to my dad's history. All the years I wasted with needless anxiety, only to find out that my heart is a champion!
How about you? Do you lay awake nights worrying about something that you could easily dispel with a little more information? If so, take my advice: Go out and find out about it. Whatever it costs, it's worth it. If there is something to worry about, you can take steps to deal with it NOW. And if there is not, you can restore peace to your inner space and enjoy your life more. As Winston Churchill once said, we have nothing to fear but fear itself
Friday, July 25, 2008
Workout Mania
Today my daughter and I worked out with our personal trainer, aka Ms. Muscles. What a workout it was! Sheryl always pushes us to our very limit, and the only thing that keeps us going sometimes is the protein shake at the end of the tunnel. Truth is, a tough workout like that is just what the doctor ordered, on many levels.
For people going through divorce, a good workout helps them relieve the stress they are going through. It also helps them focus on something else for a change, and creates endorphins in the brain, which leads to a great feeling when you are done! Moreover, getting divorced means that soon you will be newly single, and getting back into the dating world at some point. (But don't rush yourself!) Regular workouts help us get back into shape, and make us physically stronger.
Do yourself a favor as you go through this major life change. Find a physical activity you like to do, and stick with it! You'll be glad you did.
For people going through divorce, a good workout helps them relieve the stress they are going through. It also helps them focus on something else for a change, and creates endorphins in the brain, which leads to a great feeling when you are done! Moreover, getting divorced means that soon you will be newly single, and getting back into the dating world at some point. (But don't rush yourself!) Regular workouts help us get back into shape, and make us physically stronger.
Do yourself a favor as you go through this major life change. Find a physical activity you like to do, and stick with it! You'll be glad you did.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Never Give Up!
Winston Churchill, in one of the shortest yet most powerful speeches in history, once said, "Never, never, never, never, never give up!" Well, that has been my motto in getting this blog started. Let's see if I did it this time.
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