HAWMC Final Post

Hello, to one and all :)

I want to thank those of you that took the time to read and and add comments.

I had some small hick ups in posting a few times but I did fairly well.

Topics I liked the Give your teenaged self advice based on where you are now in life.

It was tough to think on it but when I got started it just flowed on out and man what I said to myself was eye opening.

The hardest was the picture days not just cause I had troubles posting but just what to post.

All in all I jump started getting back into my blogging which I had missed a lot over the years but now I have a regular place where I can come and type out my feels.

I am glad I got involved as it was not in my comfort zone to do but I tried it and it was lots of fun :)

And I want to say thank you for the others that also did this challenge you all rock. And are all inspirational in your own way which is great.

So one last time for awhile anyway.

Thank you all for coming aboard the Night Train the Sandman is heading out to the next big adventure.

Sandman out, peace to you all :)

HAWMC Day 28-30

Hello, Day Dreamers

So, I am behind and still can't get photos to work so I am instead doing a 3 for 1 catch up session.

This summer I will be catching up with friends starting new traditions getting into more balanced shape in mind soul and body.

I have always loved the great outdoors even if I did not always understand the awesome transcendence and peace that is being one with nature.

There is something very calming and peaceful about sitting in a forest just taking it all in. And that folks is what have been doing more of each of the last 6 years. It is my stress buster it is my real free therapy it grounds my for the chaos of the small town gossip and concrete hell of the big city.

I am free to be myself no tree or rock can tell me to be anything but me, millions of things to lean on for support and you fail and it does not cause you injury nothing cares.

To my young grasshopper self, you don't know what awaits you in the future, but please understand all you are worried about means nothing, make your choices you made and enjoy them even more than you know how.

I would change my direction in schooling to helping children rather than health care. Child care can be stressful but it won't take the same toll as health care will. Do keep in touch with your inner child you loose it and end up in a very dark place.

Yes Mom and Dad will get you eventually they are far cooler than you will ever give them credit for and you will end up teaching them rather them teaching you.

You will develop a crazy amount of friendships that will be very dear to your heart and painful when they leave.

Know this, whatever happens no matter the distance or time yes you do matter to people and they will remember you long after you forget them, your legacy was so profound by what you did in your childhood that it will ripple into and serve you well into being an adult.

STAY TRUE TO YOUR PATH EVEN IT IS THE BORING, LESS DANGEROUS ONE TRUST IN YOURSELF!!!!!!

You are far more amazing than you will ever even imagine, see and do things few people will ever do in their lives and you will reaper the experience and knowledge of this and it will give more courage to do what you must do in the coming years.

Ok don't worry about girls so much it is always a work in progress, your heart is a good one and well is so unique that it will take sometime before someone sees the richness that it is and lets you stay awhile. It is what it is don't sweat it.

I am writing to you cause you lose yourself in about 11 years and only find yourself again by the age of 35 it is ok you need this time to recreate yourself several times over.

Your thoughts and your words are your personal mark on this world you keep on thinking and writing words it will matter one day. In those lost years you stop using your voice and nearly fade away totally.

Hope is what it is even in a world that has no clue about what it knows about you. You get blessed with a profound and deep understanding of your inner self and then in touch with your inner child to see the beauty and wonder again in a rather bleak and oppressive world. You are part of those who break the mold of normal and blaze bravely forward on their own.

You are your own one person army and no one can stop or take that away. Go live the life you want.

That is all for me for now.

Sandman Out

HAWMC Day27

Book Report. What’s your favorite book and how can you tie to your health
or life?

Hello, night owls and early birds.

I don't do book reports, cause I can never choose a favourite book.

But I can pick a book I really like and totally relate to it.

The Green Mile by Stephen King

I know strange choice but not really, ya I am a white guy, where John Coffey was black but his character suits me perfectly.

No I have never been to jail, but at times I feel my body is locked down with being tired and worry so brutal I do feel like I am in my own personal cell.

Now he was accused of murder when in fact he tried to help, but based on the colour of his skin and his large size he was falsely charged. But in actual fact he had the heart of of a mountain. Was able to heal but pay a price for doing so. I was in the health care field but the shifts and the constant grind agitated surface health issues into full blow problems. All I wanted to do for the longest time was help people and instead was the person that needs the help.

Also I am a bigger man so I have felt many times misjudged for who I am based on appearance. I was bullied and oppressed when I was younger by the kids and an education system that just did not understand.

Many times it showed he was misunderstood, show a unfaltering kindness for nature and for those in pain. Something I have always been, wanting to end the suffering of others. I have a deep personal connection with the natural world I visit and immerse myself with as much as possible. His connection even though with a mouse was a very powerful one.

The book had a sense of justice about it as well, you will get what is coming to you feel. Based on actions taken and words said both negative and positive.

And even though things did not come to good ends in the story, I have fought many years to get some happiness back into my life. To reclaim what I have lost and to define who I am as a person.

I am also not an angry man but am full of passion and emotion.

In recent years though things have been getting better though not perfect but not worse at least. I am trying my best to keep myself functioning as well as possible. And more days than not I am happy.

To the spirit of those like the character of John Coffee I want to know you are not alone and we all have a lot to learn from quick judgement, and assumption of others. Peace to you :)

that is all I have for tonight, Sandman out.

HAWMC Day 25

Hello sleepy heads,

Yes I am back and ready to talk about fitness and road to a better life.

 Fitness Friday. What do you do to stay fit? Tell us about your efforts in
maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Well this is a good topic to come back on after a few days break. I am still having issues posting pictures on hear so Wednesday did not happen and Thursday I opted to not write cause I was too tired and was running around most of the day.

So today is make up time for that lapse, I have just completed a fitness program to pre-empt any heart issues I may have as I get older, the program was an intensive 4 months of learning how to better look after myself.

The results are quite noticeable, the program focused on stretching, weight train and aerobic exercises, as well as an education program for other helpful things. Such as dieting, heart function, exercise planning, food choice.

So I have been doing a lot lately to improve every part of my life.

Now that it is over I now have to keep it going and so far not too bad, signing up for a gym is taking longer than I thought but I have been walking lots, and have developed a base program to keep me going until i get going on heading to the Gym..

I already have been feeling better, now with the nicer weather things are only going to get more active.

My goal is to get up 10000 steps a day a goal I was not able to get to in the program, get a membership at a local fitness centre and get moving with that and start reducing the food portion I have been having even more.

My goal by the end of the summer is to loose 5 lbs and keep it off. then progressively loose more weight until my goal of loosing 20 lbs. If I can do that it would help a great deal.

So that is what my fitness has been like in the last little while.

The better shape I am in the better life I will have overall.

I already feel a million percent better. Have been trying very hard to keep things going :)

Should be great, will be doing a fair bit of camping this summer so that should be a really go change I can not wait :)

Any who that is what I have been up to for fitness and improving my life lately.

Pumping you up I am zee Sandman saying good day and rest well.

HAWMC Day 22

Hobbies! We at WEGO Health love hobbies. Tell us, what are YOUR hobbies?
Are you a rock collector? Scrapbooking? Photographer? Dancer? Share your
talents.

Hello,

Yes I has things I can totally show and tell.

You have already seen some of my poems that I have written so I won't put up today.

Hobbies collecting Rocks for sure, wood working for sure, poetry I do quite a bit as well, cooking mmmmmm.


So for some reason I can't post pictures today so.

I guess that is it for today frustrating big time. Sad panda

So Sandman out

HAWMC Day 21

Reflection. This is a day to reflect. For the WEGO Health family, we reflect on
those who lost loved ones in the Boston Marathon Bombing last year and
hope for a bright future for those impacted. Reflect on your journey to this
day, what are your thoughts and hopes for the future?

Hello, it is too early to be up and not enough pick me up and get going peeps.

Reflection on a senseless act of violence hurting and killing for no reason.

My heart goes out to the families affected by the bombings last year.

I think today I will use a poem I wrote that went to last years Narcolepsy international conference for and art display for Narcolepsy awareness. The theme was Dreams, this was my offering that was picked to go.

Dreams

I have a Dream to have good days again,

To pick myself back up when I fall again,

To realise the strong friends I have,

Know a hand up is not a hand out,

Courage in the face of all fear,

Live not in hell but in peace again,

For people around me to understand me,

To continue to fight for the best life,

To shake the hand of Harmony,

To dance forever with Balance,

Play games with Justice, smiling,

Tell Regret to pass me by not wanted,

Love to give me a fair chance again,

Make unpopular choices and come out on top,

Dreams are possible cause it is yours,

No one can take it away cause you own it,

Live the dream if it fits your life,

Love the love you feel is right,

Remember all of those who did you wrong,

Walk away and always be strong,

I Have Dream, it is yours to pass along,

I think that is a good one, I look back on it often. Dreams and goals are something no one can take away from you cause it is yours to create and to fulfill.

It hit directly on how chronic illness can steal parts of your life you wish you could have but accept that your cards are always on the table and you need to create the best hand possible in an often uncertain and murky path through life. 

I have done well, I won't say it has been fun. But my victoires out weigh my losses. 

It has taken me years to regain the happiness that was stolen from me many years ago but I has it back and I am making the needed adjustments to keep it that way for many years to come.

Anywho that is pretty deep for a Monday lol

Sandman is leaving the building peeps.

HAWMC Day 20

Travel Time. If you could travel to anywhere in the world, where would you
go? Why? We also know traveling with a chronic illness can be challenging, so
any tips for others that you can share would be great

Well been places, but you know cause I have no money and been to the places I want to go.

I am cool with staying local. I know O.O

Why cause it is an crazy to plan a road trip an hour away.

So it is life event to go anywhere more than a few hours away. Airports make me something something crazy.

So, I love to explore the places around me and that is ok cause I love exploring places.

With that said, issues of travel, medication worries, planning worries, worry worries, am I going to die, am I going to maim the customs people with their dumb questions.

I travel with my family cause I needz my safety blanket. I trust no one but my family and the people I travel with on road trips. Can't get any simpler than that.

The other reason is that Canada eh, it is a big country don't ya know eh!

So many places to go within only an hour of me it is wonderful really :)

So there is the short and skimpy on my travel time :)

Sandman Out.