My Motorcycle Injuries

  Today I went to the church property for a while in order to get a few things done. As I was trimming a couple of trees that were beginning to grow into the dumpster area, I realized that several of the branches were too high for me to reach. I then pushed the dumpster closer to them and used it to climb up on a wall that encloses the space. As I stood on the wall trimming a few branches I briefly considered the fact that I had just climbed onto a dumpster and then jumped onto a wall. I finished the work and climbed down without killing myself, so yay.  In contrast, I'm home now and ten minutes ago I limped when I first stood up because I had been sitting too long. I also had a hard time using my hand because I held my cellphone in one position too long while looking at some photos. I mean, really? I sometimes have a hard time believing the things that I go through. I'm Joe Athlete one minute, and Myron Invalid the next. None of it makes sense to me. I feel like an enigma wra...

Years ago my wife and I took a short cruise that made a stop in Nassau, Bahamas. We were there for about half the day and spent the time meandering and checking out the sights. At one point we walked along the beach and enjoyed the beauty of the ocean and the waves beating along the shore. There was this man and his wife on the beach and he was in the process of renting a personal water craft (you know, Wave Runner/Jet Ski). He had a fairly serious physical disability with his arms that made it more difficult to operate the machine, but he hopped on and started to maneuver the thing in circles at an unsafe speed while shouting with excitement. His wife stood at the water’s edge attempting to get him to stop being careless. She looked as though she was very nervous and scared, but I also got the feeling that she had been through this type of thing before. I got the distinct impression that her husband spent a great deal of time attempting to prove to himself and the world around him tha...