Desire

DSC_0322, originally uploaded by boxersiciliano.

I don't know this man, but I saw him running and he was one of the few that was completely lost in his world of running...his world of desire, his moment in time...The kind of person you want to know what the story is...He's kinda like a wizard it think and I hope i see him somewhere around Boulder.

I loved watching this race because there were 53,000 people with the same goal...to run, walk, jog, whatever it might be, and finish a 6 mile journey...the desire to do something..to be a part of some collective energy towards a single moment and goal and to share it with a ton of other people...and the interesting thing that I noticed is at any given moment you could search the body language and the eyes of the thousands of people running by and pick out their moment of desire or their thought process...they had reached their particular moment of triumph, possibly running faster than they had planned or accomplishing something they never thought possible..or their joy in being a part of the huge procession...

The desire that drives us onward and forward, through the tough times and the joyful times, the desire to be alive and have fun, to test ourselves and push our minds and bodies to places that we might not have realized they could go. I think for some this is more of a daily practice and for others it is a very difficult practice. I know for me, I am pretty good at testing myself physically, but I need to continue to practice the mind side of testing, and pushing, and challenging...more reading, more curiosity, more knowledge, more questions, more writing, more listening....

After college I really felt the reality of our plight as people...it is easy to not challenge our mind because we are not "forced" to....remembering the times in college when I was so stimulated by learning was an exciting time. I am constantly reminded of this these days and as I strive to read more and write more and learn more, I can very easily drop into a lazy mind routine and make excuses...like I almost did today....the practice of practice i think is what it should be called if it isn't already...

I like that one...practice needs practice. Duh, look at Yoga, or meditation, or for that matter anything else we do on a regular basis that could be construed as practicing for the moment when you become "enlightened" in that practice....huh...

Well, I suppose i have given myself a little realization today and I will make a point today to practice...and tomorrow and forever....

The desire to practice...let's leave it at that.....


Love and Understanding

First Aid, Dreams and a New Job

Memorial Day, originally uploaded by boxersiciliano.

The picture above is from a display i stumbled across on Memorial Day here in Boulder...not unlike Arlington West, this was a moving and somber place with 100's of pairs of boots laid out on the lawn, fittingly in the rain, to represent the fallen soldiers from Colorado. Another reminder of our current world and the daily battle we are waging....


I finished my second night of First Aid which was CPR training so I feel pretty good, at least better, about being able to use if if i need to..I feel like I need to carry around a first aid bag with gloves and things. Really, if you haven't, this training is so simple and could come in very handy if you ever need it....

Last night I had beef tips with mashed potatoes because I was very hungry from my bike race, in which i got totally creamed by a bunch of pros over the age of 30...jeez...i still rode hard, but it was painful, but anyway, i think the beeftips gave me weird dreams...i dreamt that I was on a school bus stopped at the side of the road and next thing I know we are all on in the bathroom...a very large bathroom and there is a homeless guy who keeps wandering around while everyone is peeing in urinals...the girls were too, which was wierd and then next thing I know, we are on the highway standing at the side of the road and all i can see are the cars coming directly at us so I run down the road to stop them and they start swerving into the mountain side...one by one...and then a CHP is there pulling a ton of first aid kits out of the trunk of his car and then......I woke up...huh....



now i am going to drink some coffee..


love and understanding.

First Aid

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Last night I took First Aid training, the first of two nights...I have to be certified in order to coach the little guys on the mountain bikes which start June 9...now, i am not the greatest when it comes to that kind of stuff, mostly even the thought of it makes me a bit uneasy. But then I think of all the times in life that I have dealt with something that should have grossed me out completely, i guess you sort of go into a special place and stay calm...at least I think. I have friends who are firefighters/paramedics and they all same the same thing...you just have to do your job...not to say there aren't things that are horrible to see etc., but that is why you are trained....I can't say this course is training me to feel totally confident, but it is amazing how even a small thing can help....for example.
Did you know that if someone has a sucking chest wound you can grab a plastic bag, stick it over the hole and tape it down on thee sides? That way, it creates a vacuum again in the chest cavity when the breathe in and the loose side lets any excess air escape when exhaling...
or,
if someone's intestines are hanging out, don't shove them back in like they show in the war movies...just cover them up and make sure they don't go anywhere else...yep...(i can't help but hope and pray that none of my 7-12 year olds crash so hard that their intestines come out, but now I can deal)
or,
someone can die within 20 seconds if certain arteries bleed out?
or,
don't put direct pressure on an eye if it is injured, just around it and in fact, if you have dixie cup, cut out the bottom and place that over the eye to protect it.
or,
if someone is impaled on a tree...don't take the branch out and try and bandage around the wound with plenty of gauze.
Always try to protect your self with the proper things like gloves, and eye protection....

here is the order of the day when something happens:
Check, Call, Care....

Turniquets are bad...don't use them
pressure, elevate, and then find the uphill pulse....press on it.

oh yeah, as long as you have acted within your training and in good judgement, chances are good that if you get sued, they won't win...

well, those are just some of the things I learned...tonight I will be working on CPR and learning how to help someone who's ABC's are not functioning...i know you are curious about that one, so check back tomorrow for more free learning.

Love and Understanding!