Heart Health

 I haven't written much here about my heart health, but actually I seem to be doing just fine with the occasional shortness of breath I get from doing certain things.  But I never experience chest pains, but always keep the nitro closeby just in case.  Actually though, most wouldn't even know I'm still a heart patient with a need to take medication for my heart.  Right now, our family doctor monitors my health with regular check-ups with a BP reading every three months or so.

But apart from the occasional shortness of breath, I seem to do just fine.  But in our busy lives, it's easy to ignore our health, although it seems monitoring what we eat is the first step in the right direction.  Heart health is often ignored until it is too late, but even a couope of months before my heart attack, I had a BP reading of 120/80 which was just about perfect for what was then a 60 year old man.  

But believe me when I say I am obsessive about my heart health thinking about it all the time.  In regard to my smoking a pipe, I don't worry about it.  I smoke a pipe as I have for nearly 50 years because doing so keeps me relaxed and focused.  But when they describe heart attacks as the silent killer, they aren't kidding.  

I have learned that heart health and mental hearth are closely intertwined with each other.   When our minds feel stressed so do our hearts.  Our hearts react to how we are thinking.  This is why too stress reduction is so important, as I have learned.  I have found that when I relax with a pipe my stress levels are reduced the most.  But am I an exception?  I might be.  My pipe is a part of my Spirituality.  

But sometimes our hearts are ignored until it is too late.  I've made it a goal in life not to be a stress creator, but a stress reducer in others.  My world is fairly small, but I like to just stay out of the way when others are working.  And that includes most everyone in my life, because I consider myself kind of retired in life and I've made it a point to be available when needed, but not to get in the way.

I kind of claim the patio at my son's house for smoking my pipe, but I can move if necessary.  But I hate when I add stress to others, but prefer rather to think of myself as a stress reducer and just live a very quiet life, which is a goal.  When my mind is overly active I can get stressed and that has an affect on my heart.  Anything I do to lessen heart stress is beneficial to my overall well-being including my mental well-being.  

I let my Spirit Guides work, and I do that the very best with a good tobacco and a pipe.  And avoiding adding stress in others is, I believe, a noble goal without interference.  So today it is my Peterson Sherlock Holmes pipe with some Spiced Rum as I just let my Spirit Guides work.  When I do this, my heart and my mind are just fine.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave