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April 5, 2021

Tent of Flesh

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TENT OF FLESH

SOS is where desire meets restraint and less satisfies more.

One’s physical body is made up of hidden systems, hidden from the naked eye. As a human, one has a viewable tent made up of skin, structured bones, muscles, joints, decorated with hair, nails, eyes and skin tones in a rainbow of colors and texture variations. One’s tent identifies the person. That is who, one beholds as “me“ in the mirror. This is whom, others see as “thee“, when beholding one. One’s tent resembles an Old Fashioned, a bit of bitters, muddled with a cube of sweetness, sprinkled with a twist of sour, bourbon-ed with notes. Depending upon how, one has managed their lifestyle, genetics, and circumstances, in other words, their muddle of years, imbibes daily on how one’s concoction tastes.

SOS brings order to one, and what one has control over. Streamline, Organize, & Stylize seeks to bring order to one’s physical body, so that one’s tent of flesh, works for one, not against one. Thus, one’s body flows in symmetry, with one’s daily tasks, passions, and purposes. Order to one’s body, is not as obscure as it may seem. The body tent is a masterpiece cloaked in a mystery of mysteries. Humanity has endured with simple biological, physiological and chemical laws. Laws meaning one cannot circumvent these universal truths. The body needs h2o, grub, sun, air, rest, movement, and evacuation. Let one not complicate the simple with modernity. The human tent has required these elements, from the beginning. Whether living in caves, Bedouin tents, grass huts, log cabins, medieval castles, New York lofts, suburban track-homes, teepees, trendy tree-houses, or a yurt, the human tent needs remain the same. These vitals needs for the body are what make one human. Vitals are what make humans relatable to one another. One can be eighty, or eight years old. One can be 6’4 or 4’6. Everyone hungers and thirsts. Everyone stuffs and fluffs. Everyone blubbers and bawls. Everyone whimpers and wines. Everyone giggles and guffaws. Everyone chuckles and chortles. One can be the beauty or the beast. One can be lux with plush, or blush with not much. One can peel cocoa mocha, lemon cello, or pink pastry. One’s lens may focus onyx, sapphire, amber, topaz, jade, or emerald. One’s mug may mirror sharp angels, or soft circles. Humanness remains in parallel harmony to the same tent requirements, from sunrise to sunset. Everyone needs sleep. Everyone needs bread. Everyone needs the ceramic pot. Everyone needs to move. One cannot escape these human vitals for long.

The tent’s needs are not complex. Complex comes to the tent, when one ignores its vitals. Vitals are interconnected, when one lacks the others are affected. Tent’s demands are non-exclusive, non-escapable, nor secret. Human vitals are not a respecter of persons. The tent’s needs are universal, to those born of women. They were straightforward requirements to ancient man. In convoluted condescension, the enlightened culture has convinced one to believe the care of the tent is complicated. Ancient man had a bit more wisdom in seeing the vital as vital. They knew that the vitals were an unmitigated priority. Without doctors, pharmacists, college professors, diplomas, health books, social media trends, and web conspiracies, the vitals were preserved.

February 1, 2021

The Benefits of ORDER

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THE BENEFITS OF ORDER

SOS is where desire meets restraint and less satisfies more.

Order produces purpose. Order establishes focus. Order prepares one. Order puts one in a state of readiness. One does not wonder, the where is, the what for, and the whatnot. Purpose and preparedness removes the worry of wondering from one’s state of mind. Knowing where things are provides peace. Anxiety births when one cannot find their cell phone charger, keys to the truck, that bill, a clean uniform, an unused diaper, their favorite boots. Fill in the treasured item, space schedule, or self that is out of order. Surmise the stress that disorder causes? Disorder distracts focus. Anxiety begets stress, and stress begets tension. How many moments during the day, week, month, year does lack of order beget mental anguish? The negative consequences of chaos wreak havoc. Physical health, emotional health, household health, relational health, professional health, holiday health gets sabotaged by disorder.

Order creates time. When one is flowing in order, time appears. Time to pursue soul builders like a skill, sport, hobby, nurturing children, a beloved relationship, training a pet, more sleep, some exercise, reading a good book, shabbat-ing, a holiday weekend. Time slips. Order brings more time and more focused time. The kind of time when one is present. Order creates focus. Disorder creates distraction. As to why people do not get organized? They say they do not have the time. Upfront, it takes time. Anything worth anything takes time. Order works for time, not against time. More time is a benefit.

January 1, 2021

Strain one’s THOUGHTS

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STRAIN ONE'S THOUGHTS

SOS is where desire meets restraint and less satisfies more.

One exits the womb naked; one departs life naked, and in between, one has a lot of thoughts. Some quaint, some witty, some splendid, some brilliant, but way, too many thoughts are hi-emo, lo-emo, nonsensical, indefensible, bitter, cruel, cantankerous, worrisome, and wrathful. This is why the reader is encouraged to have a sharp mental strainer to Streamline out the IUD’s in their Fallujah of thoughts. One cannot run from them. One cannot hide from them. One confronts them.

Self-emotions may be the most powerful influence on how one thinks about themselves. This is the self-perception paradigm how one defines oneself. One may misinterpret their self-worth by how other people have misunderstood them in some way or another. It is not uncommon that when the chips are down, others chip away at the downed. When chipped down by others, this also influences one’s self-perception. Do not let others define one. Others may define one for a moment, but one’s perception, towards oneself, defines one over a lifetime.

As one begins to Streamline out mind grenades by applying their mental strainer, one replaces their grenades with a re-Organization of congruent and positive thoughts about oneself. Unlike other spaces one may SOS, one’s mind space is in a category of its own. It is not a job that will go away, either. Be kind to oneself with this process. It is advisable to focus on one area in one’s thought life at a time. Shifting mindsets and attitudes about oneself is a deliberate turtle dart, won inch by inch as a shift is gained. Be assured, there is a tropical beach of sunny mindsets and coasting attitudes waiting for the diligent turtle.

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