LanceWildcat1

Shureido brand. High quality, and I can't imagine needing another pair for a long time. Good brand, I've never had a problem with them.

Meditation, for me really started in the hospital about 5 years ago. I had just survived a stroke and gangrene, which took my pectoral muscle on my left side, along with much skin on my chest which had to be replaced by skin grafts from my legs. I couldn't speak for some time after the stroke, so making my wishes and want's known was difficult, to say the least. I would get awfully frustrated, so much so that my doctor suggested a consult for me with a psychiatrist. After explaining my dilemma to him, he taught me how to meditate. This was the best thing for me, what with the pain and frustration of my treatment. Years later, I still utilize this meditation, and it works for me. I find that I am much more focused, less stressed, and I can learn much easier by utilizing the principle's of meditation and 'centering'.

I used to be afraid of dying when I was young and into my teen years. Then came Vietnam! I survived being shot down 3 times and rescued. On two occasions, I had to destroy my plane to keep it from falling into the wrong hands (at the time, there was a million dollar reward to anyone who would give the enemy some of the equipment onboard). I survived Vietnam and 6 months at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC, getting patched up. Then, I got caught underneath a haybaler on our ranch with a needle through my sleeve and my arm pinned so that I couldn't get out. And, five years ago, I survived a stroke and gangrene, that almost took my life. I came away with the attitude that if I was to spend the rest of my life worrying about dying, I'd have a short life. I figured it this way: I've survived more than most have, and when it is my time to go, I'll go, and there isn't one thing I can do about it, so why give myself an ulcer worrying about it! :angel:

Shaolin

I'm 53 years old, and because of my study of the martial arts, I feel better now than I did at 23! I have better stamina, strength, my reflexes are faster, and I have more of a zest for life than I ever did at 23 years old!

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