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Baseball Diamonds Are This Guys’ Best Friend
Thwack… Crack, these are the glorious sounds of leather on leather and leather on ash wood. If you listen carefully, you can hear the music of hot dogs grilling, and popcorn popping at concourse concession stands. Impatient children pestering their parents to know how much longer there is left in the game. Then, spotting the poor sweaty teenager dressed up in a mascot costume just trying to earn a few bucks as a milestone to future independence. It’s that time of year when I should be experiencing these sensations, but they have been put temporally on hold this summer, I keep hoping that it all will return to me soon.
By Andres Wiest6 years ago in Unbalanced
Be You, Not Them
Do you ever find yourself aimlessly scrolling through social media channels to discover that you're getting increasingly miserable? It is a feeling that your life doesn't measure up to those you follow or some random person who invades your explorer feature. You can't help but feel like there must be something amiss in your life that you aren't going to exclusive parties or traveling to picturesque locations. Sometimes your thoughts might be, "what do they have that I don't?" Or you see someone that exudes an enormous amount of talent and skills, and you feel like you were standing in the wrong line as you received talents and abilities. Congratulations! You're normal, and I'm here to tell you that it is entirely okay to feel like this. And I also to say to you, stop it right now! Because you're doing more harm than good.
By Andres Wiest6 years ago in Motivation
Made In Spain
Tortilla de Patatas Imagine walking down the streets of any city in Spain that you may be visiting with a group of friends. You immediately start feeling hungry. You decide it would be wise to carbo-load for a long night enjoying the nightlife culture and mingling with the locals. You see an intriguing tapas bar and stop in for a bite, and the first thing that jumps out is the Tortilla de Patatas (Potato Omelet). You decide to give it a try, so you order it, and the waiter tells you it's the right choice and that is one of the most popular dishes in Spain. Hearing these words get you very excited to taste it. The time has come, and they bring it out to your table, and you see this beautiful inch thick pie looking thing of potato, eggs, and onions. You dig your fork in and put that first bite into your mouth. You are taken back by all of the eggy potato goodness and the flavor of the onion, and you decide that this might be your favorite meal ever.
By Andres Wiest6 years ago in Feast
Never Enough
Dear Essential Workers, I'm a 39-year-old man who is in a wheelchair, and I would like to thank you for everything that you are doing this time of turbulence. There are as many of you that fall under that umbrella, as there are flavors of ice cream at Baskin-Robins, but none of you is less important than the other. Much like the rest of the world, you didn't wake up one morning and think. "I want to thrust into the middle of a global pandemic and see thousands of people suffering and dying." There isn't a rationally sane person who wants to see that happen, but here we are. It doesn't seem that it will be going away anytime soon, as much as we all would like to. The rest of us are missing our regular routines of going to our jobs and interacting with our buddies or going out to dinner with our significant other. This pales in comparison to what you wake up to each morning to do for our unknown faces.
By Andres Wiest6 years ago in Journal
Marketing and Selling to Gen Z
For as long as there have been people, you'll find generations. Some no longer exist, such as the ones that started in the 1800s, called the Lost Generation to the most recent generation called Generation Alpha. However, we should look beyond the birth years to see what makes up a generation and focus on a shared common history. Each generation lives through events and conditions during their formative years in which they look at life through a lens that colors the way they look at the world. Every generation has the earliest memory, a galvanized event that altered beliefs. Many of the earliest generations no longer exist. Some of the oldest living generations, though few are from the Greatest Generation that would be my grandparents are still alive, may they rest in peace. And the Baby Boomer generation is aging and heading into retirement, leaving the running of the world's economies to Millennials, and our youngest working-age Generation Z.
By Andres Wiest6 years ago in Journal
MY THERAPIST HAS A WET NOSE
To say that I'm a dog person would be an understatement! What's not to love about our four-legged canine companions? They are always available to provide whatever they feel we may need; often unaware of the fact that was exactly what we needed. You can always rely on a dog to act silly to make you laugh. Or placing their head on your lap at the exact moment that it is so desperately needed. Two of my favorite quotes about our furry friends are: "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." -anon. And "Dog. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship."- Ambrose Bierce.
By Andres Wiest6 years ago in Petlife
THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF TAI CHI
If you have ever spent any time in a big city park, you may have noticed a large group of people of varying ages, moving in slow and synchronized movements. These movements are beautiful and interesting; almost like a dance. Would you be surprised to find out that it is a martial art? This ancient martial art is called Tai Chi, and it has been practiced in Asian countries for centuries. Tai Chi is often described as “meditation in motion”, but the actual translation is “breath work”. Because it emphasizes breathing deeply while moving in a continuous flow. The mystery that is Tai Chi was started in Taoist and Buddhist monasteries, where the monks would practice it daily; before they started their chores. Over time, it has come to the United States, and it is now being practiced in parks, gyms, recreation centers, and homes.
By Andres Wiest6 years ago in Longevity
