balancing
There's few things in life that are inevitable. the trusty old standbys of death and taxes need a modern revision - like a dead phone,
Speaking of longevity, there's three things that seem to dictate our real age: environmental hazards, genetics, and diet/exercise combos. The first one is probably the easiest to get a handle on, but few do. Everyone seems to focus on the latter - as if by just eating more of this or that and getting into this or that exercise routine will turn our lives into a new beautiful blooming rose.
Hey, com'on - get a grip on REAL modern life. We're assaulted each day by deadly weapons of mass destruction - oops, let's stick to NVC here - by deadly bacteria and man-made elements - oops, let's stick to gender neutral - human made elements. OK, OK... enough PC bullshit talk.
There are three main environmental culprits in our daily lives that we can easily change: air, water, food.
Starting with air: An easy one is that diesel vehicle in front of us and our car's intake air sucking in those aldehydes into our closed compartment. The very air we breathe is loaded with subtle toxins that we actually can control. For the diesel exhaust, turn you car's air to recirculate, or better to 'off'. Even better, avoid getting behind any diesel vehicle for too long - school buses, trucks, pickups, etc.
Next on the top 3 list is water. Did you know that over a thousand municipal water supply systems have flint-like deficiencies? Did you know that your well water and aquifer may contain low levels of heavy metals, or worse chlorine type chemicals? And your daily shower floods your largest organ (skin) with a high pressure dose of whatever chemicals are in your water ( see blog ............... )
And last but not least is food: Do i really need to say it? you are what you eat. I'll leave the delicacies of dictating healthy food to all those pundits out there. I found a couple good ones in Dr. Weil, ..............................
AND then there's biomimicry. I enjoy visiting the ancient bristlecone pine forests east of Bishop, CA. They're one of the oldest living things in the world - 3-5,000 years old most of them. i go there to feel young! Something about being surrounded by old, non-moving farts, give me a sense of well being. But these dudes contradict everything we believe is needed to live long and prosper. They are located above 10,000 feet elevation, and in a very sparse, remote area.
If being in community, and surrounded closely by loved ones, leads to a longer life, the ancient bristlecone pine trees like to be alone. They are seldom closer that 100 feet to their nextdoor neighbor - and in a forest that's a big separation. The logic seems to be that if one of their neighbors gets struck by lightning and gets lit up, their separation won't spread the flames to others. So much for closeness.
If long-term patience, and ............. and deep, long connections are tantamount to longevity, well the bristlecone pine trees are into instant gratification and shallow roots. The pines spread their roots within the first three ?????? feet of subsoil, and don't have tap roots, or long deep roots - they want access to immediate rainfall as soon as possible. They don't seem to have cracked the code that there's water deep underground their roots could tap into. My intuition tells me they probably know there's water deep down, but they've opted for surface rainwater - instant gratification.
Sadly, these ancient bristlecone pines won't survive the next 100 years. With warming temperatures (climate change and all) there are animals, predators, bacteria encroaching on their domain faster than the trees can produce defense (chemical, communication strategies) mechanisms.
Speaking of longevity, there's three things that seem to dictate our real age: environmental hazards, genetics, and diet/exercise combos. The first one is probably the easiest to get a handle on, but few do. Everyone seems to focus on the latter - as if by just eating more of this or that and getting into this or that exercise routine will turn our lives into a new beautiful blooming rose.
Hey, com'on - get a grip on REAL modern life. We're assaulted each day by deadly weapons of mass destruction - oops, let's stick to NVC here - by deadly bacteria and man-made elements - oops, let's stick to gender neutral - human made elements. OK, OK... enough PC bullshit talk.
There are three main environmental culprits in our daily lives that we can easily change: air, water, food.
Starting with air: An easy one is that diesel vehicle in front of us and our car's intake air sucking in those aldehydes into our closed compartment. The very air we breathe is loaded with subtle toxins that we actually can control. For the diesel exhaust, turn you car's air to recirculate, or better to 'off'. Even better, avoid getting behind any diesel vehicle for too long - school buses, trucks, pickups, etc.
Next on the top 3 list is water. Did you know that over a thousand municipal water supply systems have flint-like deficiencies? Did you know that your well water and aquifer may contain low levels of heavy metals, or worse chlorine type chemicals? And your daily shower floods your largest organ (skin) with a high pressure dose of whatever chemicals are in your water ( see blog ............... )
And last but not least is food: Do i really need to say it? you are what you eat. I'll leave the delicacies of dictating healthy food to all those pundits out there. I found a couple good ones in Dr. Weil, ..............................
AND then there's biomimicry. I enjoy visiting the ancient bristlecone pine forests east of Bishop, CA. They're one of the oldest living things in the world - 3-5,000 years old most of them. i go there to feel young! Something about being surrounded by old, non-moving farts, give me a sense of well being. But these dudes contradict everything we believe is needed to live long and prosper. They are located above 10,000 feet elevation, and in a very sparse, remote area.
If being in community, and surrounded closely by loved ones, leads to a longer life, the ancient bristlecone pine trees like to be alone. They are seldom closer that 100 feet to their nextdoor neighbor - and in a forest that's a big separation. The logic seems to be that if one of their neighbors gets struck by lightning and gets lit up, their separation won't spread the flames to others. So much for closeness.
If long-term patience, and ............. and deep, long connections are tantamount to longevity, well the bristlecone pine trees are into instant gratification and shallow roots. The pines spread their roots within the first three ?????? feet of subsoil, and don't have tap roots, or long deep roots - they want access to immediate rainfall as soon as possible. They don't seem to have cracked the code that there's water deep underground their roots could tap into. My intuition tells me they probably know there's water deep down, but they've opted for surface rainwater - instant gratification.
Sadly, these ancient bristlecone pines won't survive the next 100 years. With warming temperatures (climate change and all) there are animals, predators, bacteria encroaching on their domain faster than the trees can produce defense (chemical, communication strategies) mechanisms.
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