Category Archives: Health

Will It Help To Split Meals Eaten Out?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by richrockwood

Experience as a Flashlight: As I move into my senior years, I am learning there is a way to save on food which could be significant. Most restaurants these days serve portion sizes that are way beyond most appetites. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Contentment, Country, diet, Enjoyment, Feelings, Food, Health, Life, Money, Principles, Priorities, Savings, Thankfulness, weight loss | Tagged Aging, Enjoyment, overeating, Principles, Saving Money | 1 Comment

Take a Walk

Posted on November 19, 2012 by richrockwood

Lessons from Life: When I was in the Army, it seemed an easy way out of my problems. Whenever things piled up and I began to think I couldn’t handle life, I always took a walk. There was something … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Contentment, Creation, Creativity, Enjoyment, Exercise, Feelings, Focus, Fun, Guidance, Happiness, Health, Life, Military, Nature, Peace, Perspective, Quiet Time, Stress | Tagged Enjoyment, Fear, Identity, Quiet Time, Renewal, Stress, Worry | 1 Comment

Waiting for Weight Loss

Posted on November 14, 2012 by richrockwood

Experience as a Flashlight: For the last few decades I have had trouble getting down to my “goal weight.” I was a regular at Weight Watchers Meetings for a few years but I found there were always more calories going … Continue reading →

Posted in Accomplishment, Adaptability, Aging, Bondage, Contentment, diet, Enjoyment, Feelings, Focus, Food, Happiness, Health, Life, Medical, Old Age, Perfectionism, Perseverance, Perspective, Physical Exams, Priorities, relationships, Religion, Stress, weight loss, Wisdom | Tagged Aging, Comparison, Enjoyment, Identity, Liberty, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Renewal, Self Worth, Stress, Trust | Leave a comment

Embarassing Physical Exams

Posted on November 9, 2012 by richrockwood

Experience As a Flashlight: I didn’t mind my office job except for one event that happened each year that terrified me. Each year I had to undergo a physical exam. During the exam, the doctor had to check certain parts … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Claustrophobia, Fear, Health, Medical, Memory, Old Age, Perspective, Physical Exams, Retirement, Stress, Suffering, Worry | Tagged Aging, Claustrophobia, Comparison, Endurance, Fear, Identity, Perseverance, Stress, Suffering | Leave a comment

The Short Life of Pleasure

Posted on October 22, 2012 by richrockwood

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT LIFE: An important lesson for me over my years has been realizing that purchases only give pleasure for a short time. When I was quite young with a paper-route income, I became a member of a record … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Bondage, Children, Contentment, Feelings, Food, Grand children, Happiness, Health, Life, Love of Money, Materialism, Money, Music, Peace, Perspective, Pleasure, relationships, Sex | Tagged Children, Enjoyment, Forgiveness, Fun, Grandchildren, Identity, Pleasure, Possessions, Principles, Relationships, Sex | 2 Comments

They Were Right, But I Only Listened Some of the Time

Posted on October 19, 2012 by richrockwood

EXPERIENCE AS A FLASHLIGHT: There I sat in the oral surgeon’s chair waiting for his third attempt to clean out a decayed root canal so the pain in the tooth would go away. On the first two attempts all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Dentist, Exercise, Health, Laughter, Old Age, Perspective, Sense of Humor, Suffering, Wisdom | Tagged Aging, Dentist, Exercise, Identity, Perseverance, Principles, Renewal, Self Worth, Suffering | 1 Comment