Thought for the day

[noirua]

A basic thought but everywhere in life we see the point: First law of holes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_law_of_holes

 

[noirua]

If you do one or two things in life very good indeed: Do not think you are good, you are but good at one or two.

 

[noirua]

Your life is like an unironed cotton shirt, of good breeding but all wrinkly.

 

[CanOz]

This is more of a story of the day than a thought, but there some nice thoughts in it...

enjoy!

The New Suit.

For those that read it, can you describe in one word the theme of the story?

 

[noirua]

I think that everyone should have the right to believe in god, however, all religions should be banned... have you seen the brightness of this light?

 

[noirua]

Wondering, thinking, as he searched beneath the ocean on the bed so deep. Then the nervousness was answered, yes, they indeed found their nervous wreck.

 

[noirua]

Naturally, putting things a different way, if a person is drowning their best friend is the guy who jumps in and saves them. All their much loved relatives and friends all over the world might do the same. However, it's the hand that grasps mine that matters now

 

[noirua]

"All you can do is your very best", she said of you. If very best is not good enough, should I give up? "Errrr yes" she replied, "basically you are useless".

 

[noirua]

I visit many people's graves every week and put fresh flowers and water in the vases. "Very nicely done I must say. Appreciated by all; thank you very much Ann", said the Florist.

 

[SirRumpole]

A Blokey one really ...


Some rather deep thinking going on here Chaps.

I mowed the lawn today, and after doing so I sat down and had a cold beer. The day was really quite beautiful, and the drink facilitated some deep thinking.


My wife walked by and asked me what I was doing, and I said, "Nothing." The reason I said "nothing" instead of saying "just thinking" is because she then would have asked, "About what?" At that point I would have had to explain that men are deep thinkers about various topics, which would lead to other questions.


Finally I pondered an age old question: Is giving birth more painful than getting kicked in the sphericals? Women always maintain that giving birth is way more painful than a guy getting kicked in the nuts, but how could they know? Well, after another beer, and some more heavy deductive thinking, I have come up with an answer to that question. Getting kicked in the nuts is more painful than having a baby, and even though I obviously couldn't really know, here is the reason for my conclusion. A year or so after giving birth, a woman will often say, "It might be nice to have another child.”

On the other hand, you never hear a guy say, "You know what, I think I would like another kick in the nuts.”


I rest my case. Time for another beer .. and then maybe a nap.

 

[bellenuit]

I read once, but haven't come across it elsewhere, that woman have an evolutionary trait that causes them to forget the extent of the pain of childbirth. Otherwise they would not opt to have a second or subsequent child.

 

[SirRumpole]

I read once, but haven't come across it elsewhere, that woman have an evolutionary trait that causes them to forget the extent of the pain of childbirth. Otherwise they would not opt to have a second or subsequent child.

Makes sense. That and an epidural.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

I read once, but haven't come across it elsewhere, that woman have an evolutionary trait that causes them to forget the extent of the pain of childbirth. Otherwise they would not opt to have a second or subsequent child.

Any experience of severe pain will tend to push the sufferer into a state of relative or complete dissociation. This is why some women will have spiritual experiences during labour. The brain circuitry responsible to maintaining the self-schema switches off and you go for a little trip. Without the grounding experience of "me", all sorts of things are possible. You can fly off into the ether, visit dead relatives, see strange lights and hear unearthly sounds etc etc.

AFAIK this safety mechanism is not peculiar to labour, but it is something that is seen in many types of severe pain and trauma.

 

[Tisme]

Apparently there are pecking orders, but I don't want to revisit many of the agonies I remember all too well:

hits to the knackers;
cluster headaches/migraines
sprained ankle
drill stuck on a nerve in my tooth
having a tweezers pushed under my finger nail right up to the cuticle and the nail pulled off slowly
two men nurses bending my spasming broken elbows and wrist to flat for xrays
food poisoning with cramps that lasted a day
noro virus ... I fkn hate noro virus
dutifully hanging around like a stale bottle of pi55, while putting up with the silent treatment for a couple of days; when there were plenty of fish that could have been caught instead



http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/15-of-the-worst-pain-humans-can-feel/

 

[SirRumpole]

Apparently there are pecking orders, but I don't want to revisit many of the agonies I remember all too well:

hits to the knackers;
cluster headaches/migraines
sprained ankle
drill stuck on a nerve in my tooth
having a tweezers pushed under my finger nail right up to the cuticle and the nail pulled off slowly
two men nurses bending my spasming broken elbows and wrist to flat for xrays
food poisoning with cramps that lasted a day
noro virus ... I fkn hate noro virus
dutifully hanging around like a stale bottle of pi55, while putting up with the silent treatment for a couple of days; when there were plenty of fish that could have been caught instead



http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/15-of-the-worst-pain-humans-can-feel/

So did you have psychic visions in any of these ?

 

[sptrawler]

Any experience of severe pain will tend to push the sufferer into a state of relative or complete dissociation. This is why some women will have spiritual experiences during labour. The brain circuitry responsible to maintaining the self-schema switches off and you go for a little trip. Without the grounding experience of "me", all sorts of things are possible. You can fly off into the ether, visit dead relatives, see strange lights and hear unearthly sounds etc etc.

AFAIK this safety mechanism is not peculiar to labour, but it is something that is seen in many types of severe pain and trauma.

I was in a hospital ward, with a Lady, we were both having knee replacements.
A few days after the procedures, I asked the Lady how she was managing, she said "this is a lot worse than having a baby".

 

[Tisme]

So did you have psychic visions in any of these ?

They are real and the ones that hurt me bad but no contact with God. i reckon I could give the guys in Jaws a run for their money when it comes comparing injuries LOL

 

[Gringotts Bank]

I was in a hospital ward, with a Lady, we were both having knee replacements.
A few days after the procedures, I asked the Lady how she was managing, she said "this is a lot worse than having a baby".

And yet some have almost no pain after a knee replacement. Lots of mind and body factors influence pain. A big baby and a small opening for example. Whoah. Or the stress of having sptrawler in the bed next to you.

 

[Tisme]

Shingles ... I forgot I had shingles .....woz like knitting needles being pushed through my back and out my chest ... I can understand why people top themselves with that one persisting.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1595067/

When a woman is able to give up the notion of controlling her normal labor process and, instead, open her heart to the dread, horror, wonder, awe, and mystery of the process, she allows for an altered view of her existence. In the book Birthing from Within, England (1998) beautifully articulates this process:

In the last, most intense hours of labor, I had unexpectedly become mindless, floating in boundless empty space between contractions, unoccupied by any thoughts whatsoever. This timeless bliss was regularly pierced by sharp pain reminding me that my head was still attached to a body! But in between contractions, my mind would simply float away. Near the end of labor, my ego mental chatter and birth plans all receded into the activity of birth. My thinking-mind plummeted into an immense silence in which I felt bathed in love and well-being. It was then, for an unforgettable moment, that I felt a oneness with all mothers who had ever given birth, and to all mothers all over the world who were laboring and giving birth with me that night. .... []

The mounting intensity of labor forced complete surrender of this woman's body and will, dissolving her ego, ideas, and familiar sense of self. There was no fear of dying because there was no “self” left to resist and fear. At that transcendent moment she had become birth itself. Perhaps, this represents the spiritual birth of woman into mother.


How can health care providers help women achieve this kind of self-transcendence during birth? First, it must be acknowledged that the work of normal labor is painful. Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain are natural pursuits. For survival's sake, it is essential to avoid or fix pain that is life-threatening. When we touch something hot, our response is to remove our hand; in doing so, we protect ourselves from serious injury. But normal labor pain does not need to be fixed. It is a healthy sensation that provides direction for women moving through the maze of labor. In her article, Really Teaching Lamaze: The Power of Pain, Lothian (1999) explains: