{"id":1035,"date":"2018-02-21T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T20:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2018-02-21T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T20:16:24","slug":"a-body-of-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1035","title":{"rendered":"A Body of Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u>A Body of Knowledge<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Body\u2019s Report<\/b><br \/>\nWhy don\u2019t you ever listen to me? I try to tell you, \u201cDon\u2019t do that!\u201d, \u201cYou\u2019re too old to attempt it.\u201d, \u201cThis is going to hurt.\u201d, \u201cDid you even ask anyone for advice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But no, not a word that I put in your thoughts do you pay attention to. It serves you right every time I tell you not to do something and you do it anyway, that you have to suffer the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Myself, I\u2019m tired of having to patch things up for you. My God, you\u2019re 67 years old, not a spry 20 year old; not that you were very spry back then either. Yeah, I would love to play sports and dance and do acrobatic dives off of a diving board, but I don\u2019t, at least not of my own volition. But you keep trying. There\u2019s a reason you get out of breath!<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t believe the number of times I\u2019ve had to counsel your back because you stayed bent in that same position for too long. And your knees! You know the constant complaints I get from them when you bend and stand back up again just to hear them crack. One knee operation wasn\u2019t enough?<\/p>\n<p>When someone suggests you should take some ibuprofen or tylenol, just do it! Those bumps and bruises are screaming for help and you just stand there, or should I say slump there and say, \u201cit will go away.\u201d or \u201cIt\u2019s not so bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re waiting for a complete shutdown and let me tell you that if that happens, I won\u2019t be there to stop it.<\/p>\n<p><b>A Rebuttal<\/b><br \/>\nYou\u2019re only as old as you feel and I feel great&#8230;at least for today. If you think positive thoughts you can improve your demeanor, your physical well being, and your outlook on life. Haven\u2019t you ever tried that. It works! The more you tell yourself that you are feeling and doing well, the better you are.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re the one that is griping all the time. No wonder you get out of breath and creak constantly. You call it age, I call it kvetching. Grow up, get with the program. How do you know that 67 isn\u2019t the new 20? Besides I like what I do. So I have to temper my actions a little to match my advancing years, that doesn\u2019t mean I have to just stop.<\/p>\n<p>As to a complete shutdown, should that happen, trust me you\u2019ll be there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/9341EC01-1F77-407F-BEB7-76D6CDBF77BE.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1036\" src=\"http:\/\/hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/9341EC01-1F77-407F-BEB7-76D6CDBF77BE-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/9341EC01-1F77-407F-BEB7-76D6CDBF77BE-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/9341EC01-1F77-407F-BEB7-76D6CDBF77BE.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Body of Knowledge Body\u2019s Report Why don\u2019t you ever listen to me? I try to tell you, \u201cDon\u2019t do that!\u201d, \u201cYou\u2019re too old to attempt it.\u201d, \u201cThis is going to hurt.\u201d, \u201cDid you even ask anyone for advice?\u201d But &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=1035\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,7],"tags":[108,67],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original-stories","category-personal-stories","category-story-writing","tag-aging","tag-harvey-heilbrun"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}