Siggy’s Blurbs

Every person has a need for purposeful activity.  It does not matter if you have a paying job or not.  Even if you are retired, unemployed or even disabled, it does not matter.   Every day you have to find activities which gives you purpose, a reason to get up every morning.

Every person has things in their life that are important, that gives them meaning.  And if you don’t do them, there is a “hole” in your life.  A.ll you have to do to find them is to look around the people in your life who rely on you.

And also there are people in your community who need you.  Asa long as you don’t isolate yourself you will be aware of others’ needs.  Maybe a simple thing you can do to find the tasks around you that are important and give you meaning is do the next thing.

And when you finish the next thing go on to the next thing on your list.  Every person has a need for purposeful activity.  And you will know when you are on the right track there will be a sense of fulfillment in your life.  We are wired to love and help others.  You just have to keep your eyes open.

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It is March 12 and I am looking for my first sighting of a red winged blackbird.  I pass a marsh near my house.  The farmer puts out bird houses for these blackbirds.  They come back every year.

Every time I pas this area I have my eyes open to spot these beautiful blackbirds.  I looked today but I could not see any.  I did not see any with their tell tale red wings but I will keep looking for them every time I go on this road.

I have always loved seeing these birds.  And this is one place I look for them.  I just wonder where they spent their winters and how far did they have to  travel to get here.  I will keep looking for them.  I just think they are beautiful birds.

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When you are young, there is the illusion you will live forever.  Every one knows you will not leave this earth alive.  But we act as if this should never happen.  Death has become the last taboo.

When you become older and your body starts to break down, this illusion starts to break down.  Death becomes more of a reality.  Of course, this may occur when you are young too.

Of course, when you become older and the realization your time is running down it may sharpen your search for meaning.  You might stop spending time on things that really do not matter in the long run.

And spend it on the things that really do matter.  Time is finite.  And death or old age brings this to a head and may force you to face issues maybe you have avoided.

Every decision we make means you can not do something else.  We have to choose.  We can not live without dying.  And the realization of death sharpens that.

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Life is always about balance:  you are constantly seeking your equilibrium.  You may go from one extreme to another.  If you make a mistake (and we all do) , you correct it, which is one way we have of balancing yourself if you want to call it that.

Sometimes we behave in a way which is going overboard:  we may push too hard with a child ( it could a friend) and then take the opposite tack–loosen the reins.  Every action has a reaction and we are constantly having to adjust our behavior with others.

Our physical appetite is a simple example of this.  We don’t eat for awhile eventually we get a message–it is time for a meal (it is called our appetite).  The body is an intricate set of checks and balances.

When we get an infection our white blood cells come to our rescue to fight it.  We have no idea how incredibly complicated our body is until something goes wrong with it.  Then we find out.

Friends make mistakes with others and it is their reactions to our behavior that enable us to modify our behavior.  Life is full of checks and balances.  No one has to ever do any thing alone.  There is always someone to gauge our behavior against.  We don’t live in a vacuum.  No one does.

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