The Push – part-uno

The push, is it real? Easily identified, physical contact can and does happen, generally speaking of course, but what about the non-physical push?

The push that’s subtle, so subtle in fact, it’s a matter of personal feel. Have you ever walked into a room or a store with a smile on your face and happiness in your heart only to have it washed away? Did you ever arrive at a party or social gathering and think to yourself, man, something is just off here?

It’s a matter of personal opinion I guess, and the truth is that we really can’t control the vibe. We can however, stay or go. If we stay, we can do our best to enjoy ourselves, and provide comfort for those around us.

In my opinion, I do think we have an instinctual reaction to the atmosphere around us, and I don’t think we’re necessarily right or wrong for how we feel at certain events, around certain people, or in certain places.

If you show up somewhere and think it feels right, it probably is. Conversely, if it doesn’t feel right, then more than likely you’re feeling not so safe, maybe uncomfortable, or rushed. To get the most out of these experiences, and remember we need experiences, especially new ones and those where we’re stepping out of our comfort zones, we’re going to have to stick it out and ignore our feelings.

The whole situation is really strange, I know. We’ve always been told to pay attention to our feelings, and if something doesn’t feel right, then it probably isn’t, but now we’re going against the grain. We’re learning to ignore our feelings of doubt and push through them….

because…

We want to grow right? We do. We want spiritual growth don’t we? We claim to be on a spiritual path, don’t we?

Some of us might be shy. Some of us might not like being the new guy or girl in the group, and it’s way easier to run off, go home, and say ahh I didn’t like that place, or those people, but if we really want to grow and learn we must stay.

What about aging? You know what’s interesting? The aging process is interesting.

As time passes by, we change. We change internally, externally physically, and mentally. Our minds change, our feelings change, our thoughts change. We may become more or less tolerant of certain things. As all these changes take place, people come and go from our lives, and that’s not a coincidence. The older you might have more in common with a person the younger you would’ve never given the time of day to.

We move and change our surroundings to accommodate what we enjoy and what we want to see more of. This is obviously not a coincidence. We’re actively building our lives.

So you see, change within us happens before we know it because..time flies. Twenty years could pass, but it doesn’t seem like twenty years to us. It is though. You’re a different person, and you haven’t figured it out yet. You woke up the other day lashing out at everyone around you because you were upset, but you were upset on the surface. Below the surface is frustration because you’re not yet in alignment with the new you.

In comes the Spiritual Path. In comes the need for personal time. In comes the idea or the need for you figure things out. Why? It’s only natural. You’re not who you were twenty years ago. We know that’s true because we knew who we were, the problem is we haven’t figured out who we are now. Let the past go. Yup. Just let it go, and focus on right now.

Once upon a time you were outgoing, friendly, and you had so many friends or small group of close friends. Once upon a time everything felt right. You knew what you wanted, where you wanted to go, and who you wanted to spend your time with. Parties and social gatherings were awesome. You had fun. Leaving was never an option. LoL, are you kidding. You were the life of the party.

That was twenty-five, maybe thirty years ago.

Right now, nothing feels right. You spend most of your time alone. You feel alone, out of touch, and you’re ready to run back home.

And….you do, but for the last time.

Who’s Really The Problem

Example: Your name is Mr. Smith, and Jane is your friend.

Jane: “Mr. Smith is really embarrassing.”

Betty: “Is he? Then why do you hang out with him?”

Is Mr. Smith really embarrassing, or is that just Jane’s perception of Mr. Smith?

If Jane feels embarrassed when she’s out in public with Mr. Smith, then who’s really the problem? Mr. Smith doesn’t feel embarrassed. As a matter of fact, he feels good about himself when he goes out.

Perhaps, instead of passing judgement on Mr. Smith, Jane should just hang out with Betty more, and let Betty hang out with Mr. Smith. Maybe Betty will have a different opinion about Mr. Smith.

Variations In Training Routine

What’s up? I can’t believe how popular total body workouts are becoming. I’m not a stranger to the fact that these workouts have been around almost as long as lifting weights has, but the popularity of these workouts change with the needs of those lifting the weights.

Everyone is out for different results, and that’s because we all have different goals. As you know I’ve been training my whole body in a single session, and my workout has been as follows:

Chest- Dumbbell Bench Press: 4 sets @ 16, 14, 12, 8 reps.

Back-Seated Close Grip Rows: 4 sets @ 16, 14, 12, 8 reps.

Shoulders- Seated Strait Bar Press: 4 sets @ 16, 14, 12, 8 reps.

Legs- Squats: 4 sets @ 12, 12, 10, 8 reps.

Tricepts- Close Grip Push Downs: 4 sets @ 25 reps.

Bicepts- Alternating Dumbbell Curls: 4 sets @ 25 reps.

It’s a very basic work, but it’s good, and if it’s preformed at a high intensity, you might puke. I almost did!

I did however, want to introduce a couple of variations that I’m now experimenting with to shock my body a little. Professionals say our bodies can adjust to workouts, which results in minimal gains, so it’s important to keep things fresh. Shit gets stale.

The first thing you can do is change the frequency or time between lifting sessions. If you start things off lifting every Monday, that’s good. Stick with that for a month just to get the ball rolling again. When month two begins, start training once every six days. So that would be Monday, Sunday, Saturday, etc.

When month three begins, change it again to once every five days. If you can get yourself up to once every three days, that’s fantastic. As you close the gaps between training sessions, you can also change the routine.

If you use my workout above as a base to start with, then let’s use chest as our example.

Chest- Dumbbell Bench Press 2 sets @ 16, 14 reps.

Strait Bar Bench Press- 2 set @ 12, 8 reps.

So, as you can see, we’re still doing 4 total sets, but we’re doing two different exercises for the body part. You can do the same thing with Legs, Back, Shoulders, and Arms.

If you want to make it high intensity then check this out.

Start with Dumbbell Bench Press, and do your first set of 16 reps, then immediately, without a resting period, jump to your flat bench (which is already set-up and waiting) for your set of Straight Bar Press @ 12 reps. Rest for 45 seconds to 1 minute, and then repeat. Bam! Chest is done already.

Remember, with total body routines, the focus is muscle strength and endurance. It’s not really a mass-building workout. Think hard and fast. Stay moving.

Alright everyone, as always, if you have any questions or comments please write in. We love hearing from you, and don’t forget to tap the follow button.

Have A Wonderful Evening

We Need It

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Love is important. It’s important in many ways. I was watching a television show called “Blood Drive,” it was about the state of the world and what was happening in the future, which took place in 1999.

A large corporation pretty much took control, and they were able to clone and robotize human beings. This was just one small portion of the show, but there was a scene when a woman was very robot like and technical, and it was love, and love making that brought her back to her human form…for the most part.

It’s important to feel love, to know love, and to share love, and touch is a basic human need. Touch is a sense. We can show love and share love love in many ways. I can give you a heart, a card, maybe write some type of love-themed poetry to you. I can tell you I love you.

All of that is good, necessary, and perhaps, expected, but nothing can take the place of touch. At some point, all humans will need hugs and kissing. We all need romance and love making.

How are your surroundings? What are the people like around you? Are they serious? Is everyone really tight, and technically speaking? There’s obviously a connection between all of those symptoms, and the depiction of the robotized human, especially technically speaking, technology, and robots. It amounts to serious and stiffness.

Show love. Feel love. Touch. Romance. It’s what makes us caring compassionate humans.

Seeing Love

There are so many occasions when I’ll be cleaning, working, walking, or just out and around when I notice these hearts. It’s amazing how often, and what actually makes the shape. The picture on the left is the wire to my headphones. I tossed my headphones on a mattress, and the cord formed a heart. On the right is a smudge of I don’t know what, and it’s been fermenting on my dresser for a while.

A few days ago I decided to use some Pledge wood cleaner on the dresser top and when I looked closely, I saw a crusty heart. lol So funny. A time of love I guess. I’ll post and share the hearts as I see them.

News Now

04/09/2019

What’s up you all? How’s everyone doing?

How’s you’re exercise, fitness, and weight lifting routines? I’m still going one day per week and getting in a good total body workout. Of course I would like to go more, but I’ve been very busy.

One day per week is definitely better than no days per week because the reality is that we all have our grown up responsibilities to tend to. I’m not going to lie though, I have been feeling a little guilty going only one day per week so I’ve added a day of running at the park.

There’s a beautiful park with a good cement track that’s close to my house. It has a pond with ducks and some other cool stuff. I figure a day of running and a day of lifting should do it for now. I heard someone saying recently, the primary function of the brain is controlling movement in the body, so if you’re not moving then your brain isn’t working to its full and necessary potential. Good point, right?

This Spring had been good so far. I’m a single man, and there has been some amazing women out and about. I see you. The weather has been good too, but I’m not going to talk too much about that because I don’t want to jinx us for March.

Spring cleaning definitely got the best of me this year. I took a weekend to clean out my surroundings, but I probably could’ve done it in a day. I think I have a tendency to over due it sometimes, and that results in a waste of time.

This Thursday night April 11th at 6:30, WordPress is sponsoring an event in Allentown, which happens to be right where I live. I RSVP’D today, and I think this is going to be a good chance to meet the talent residing behind the screens. If you have nothing going on Thursday night come out to the Bridge Works Enterprise Center located at 905 Harrison Street in Allentown.

Our website is starting to get some new likes and traffic. That’s awesome! Thank you so much, and I humbly ask that you click on the follow button while you’re reading along.

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their week. Tomorrow is hump day Wednesday…almost over.

Before I wrap this up, I wanted to tell you I think lemons are excellent for burning belly fat. Whenever I go to the food store I’ll pick up a lemon and drop a few slices in my bottled water. Try it, and let me know what you think.

I’m telling you, Table Seven is where it’s at. We’re discussing evening activities and social gatherings, diet, and exercise. It’s life, and we’re living it.

Have A Good Evening

Battle of the Books – Follow Up

I’ll admit, I was really nervous, but the night was fantastic. I just recently became a member of GLVWG, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group towards the end of last year. They’ve had so many events and gatherings since, but they always seemed to be scheduled when I had work. So tonight was the first chance I had to show up and participate.

I was one of two timekeepers, and my responsibility was to…. keep track of a time. Each author had a series of categories that I guess you could say were parts or elements of a story. Their stories. They had three minutes to read from their books showing how they incorporated these elements in to their stories, and the audience voted.

It was fun. I’m glad I went.

Hove ‘N’ Late

I hate you because you’re a bum, and you have a beautiful home. I hate you because you’re poor, and you’re rich. I hate you because you’re fat, and you’re skinny. I hate you because you won, and you lost.

You think about me though so do you really hate me? Hate is confusing, and it doesn’t make sense.

I love you because…

…..because you know none of that stuff matters.

Love isn’t confusing, it makes perfect sense.

News Now

4/1/2019

Alright, what’s up you all?

Today obviously is the first day of April. I hope you didn’t get tricked too good, but hey, the day isn’t over yet.

I just wanted to let you, my dear readers know the News Now category on this site is real up to date news. It’s not traditional in the sense of reading scripts, copy editing, or following narratives, but it’s real and current. I mean usually I’ll cover some sports, and you’re probably aware it’s mostly Pennsylvania sports.

Journalism right now is wide open, and truthfully, you can turn on the television, or pick up a news paper and “read all about it,” but I’m coming to you live and direct, which is why we encourage more interaction from readers. It’s all good.

There’s so much happening right now. Who’s on the job hunt? Are you trying to find a career, or a part time job to make a few bucks? At this point in my life, I know what I’m bringing to the table when I apply somewhere so my emphasis has really been on the employer and the people I could potentially be working with.

If you’re bouncing from job to job, it could wear on you. It could get you down, and the inconsistency could drive you nuts, but don’t let it get to you. For those who really enjoy working and like making a paycheck, not working can be the worst feeling, and that time in between jobs might feel like an eternity, but shit does happen. Make sure you’re learning from your mistakes.

It actually took me a while to start figuring this out, but I’m starting to feel good about the way I shop for jobs. If you notice an employer losses your application several times and has you reapply, or they say the’ll call you at a specific time on a specific day and don’t, then you need to consider if it’s worth your time.

Think about it. You take the time to update your resume, either you make a trip to the place to fill out an application, or complete one on the internet, and you follow all their guidelines for applying. Don’t forget, you do this with an upbeat and positive attitude. At the very least, they can hold up their end. Perhaps, act like they really want to bring in a fresh new hire. They did say they needed help.

How about a job or career fair? Have you tried one lately? If you haven’t, but you plan on getting to one soon then there’s something you should know. A career fair is a set up with like thirty or so employers/companies, and from my personal experience there’s two things I want to share.

The employers/companies have representatives there who have tables with attractive displays. Some are way better than others, and after making a few rounds, it’s easy to spot who put in the effort, and who just slapped something together, but the idea behind the table displays are to sell their place of business to you, the person who’s looking for a place to work.

The reps should be positive, upbeat, and want to sell you a job. They should want to sell you a job. I approached one table to inquire about a particular place to work, and the rep behind the table told me to complete the application on line. That shouldn’t be your experience with any company at a job fair. You shouldn’t walk away from a table feeling like you could’ve gotten more accomplished if you stayed home and applied.

A career fair is a chance for job seekers and employers to come out from behind the screens, and talk to one another, which is very important considering the way the application process has evolved.

The second thing is to be conscious that the tables are close together. If two companies you really want to apply to are sitting next to each other, you might want to speak to them at different times. If you talk to Company A, and tell them you really want to work for them, and their company is really great, you’re going to look like you’re full of shit if you repeat the same thing to Company B who just heard what you said to Company A.

Have A Wonderful Night

You’re A Window Shopper

If you hire me, make me a staff writer, and pay me, I’ll be happy to share my ideas.

I wanted to be a journalist. I wanted to be a reporter. Shit, I would’ve even ran for coffee if I had to. I graduated with a B.A., Arts and Communication and a Minor in Journalism, and I had no problems with starting on the bottom and working my way to the top.

I didn’t intern while I was in college, so I knew the deck was stacked against me in the writing field. I needed a break, but here in Pennsylvania, I never got one.

The Morning Call is a major publication in Pennsylvania, but I guess they didn’t want to take a chance and hire me, although I think I would’ve been fine with a little coaching.

Anyways, our conversations always went back and fourth. They said I needed to have six writing samples (published articles), and I said that’s impossible without a job in print media.

How’s a journalist supposed to get his or her first job? The writing samples have to come from somewhere, right? It never made sense to me.

That’s the past.

Today, I opened the Morning Call and started to read an article that looked awfully familiar. Could it be? Is a Morning Call journalist shopping my site for article ideas? I mean damn, you could’ve at least hit the follow button, or the like button.

Are you a copywriter, or a journalist? Show some originality, and get your own material. Stop biting my shit. No one at the Morning Call helped me.