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by Jm Moran

May 18, 2018 at 11:00AM
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Today’s Stoic: Find Clarity in the Simplicity Of Doing Your Job...

Anyone who has taken a yoga class or been exposed to Hindu or Buddhist thought has probably heard of the concept of a mantra. In Sanskrit, it means “sacred utterance”— essentially a word, a phrase, a thought, even a sound—intended to provide clarity or spiritual guidance. A mantra can be especially helpful in the meditative process because it allows us to block out everything else while we focus. For today’s mantra, we can borrow from the NFL where Stoicism has spread like wildfire. As sportscaster Adam Lefkoe would tell us in our interview about one of football’s most renowned coaches, “I find Belichick’s mantra “Do Your Job” to be a three-word embodiment of Stoicism. He is defined by his intense focus and dispassionate nature. He lives for process. He prepares for any possible situation or outcome. He works harder than any other coach in the NFL and doesn’t have time to worry about losses…he’s “on to Cincinnati.” Marcus Aurelius says to approach each task as if it were your last, because it very well could be. And even if it isn’t, botching what’s right in front of you doesn’t help anything. Find clarity in the simplicity of doing your job today.

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by Jm Moran

May 11, 2018 at 11:00AM
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Posted on Lee Healpark FB Page: Jm Moran Today at 1:13pm After hearing of the horrible treatment of a close friend and his elderly roommate at the Healthpark Rehabilitation Center took the opportunity to review the facility‘s numerous awards for diversity and CARF accreditation etc. Hospitals often strive for various diversity/feel good awards...losing focus on patient health and welfare. I am concerned that staffing, supervision & training are lacking. I advised both families to fully document their experiences and pictures may have been taken of the urine soaked towels between the bed and bathroom and the sores attributed to poorly wrapped leg bandages, bedsores, etc. His roommate received similar substandard care. When a complaint was lodged 2 nurses saw fit to verbally abuse my friend for complaining. Their Haitian/broken English was hard to understand but he got the message! Recently he was moved from the “Haitian Wing” into a private room and appears to be getting better treatment for now. Note: I have participated in numerous CARF & Joint Comission Inspections as a Director in the healthcare field.

Posted on Lee Healpark FB Page: Jm Moran Today at 1:13pm After hearing of the horrible treatment of a close friend and his elderly roommate at the Healthpark Rehabilitation Center took the opportunity to review the facility‘s numerous awards for diversity and CARF accreditation etc. Hospitals often strive for various diversity/feel good awards...losing focus on patient health and welfare. I am concerned that staffing, supervision & training are lacking. I advised both families to fully document their experiences and pictures may have been taken of the urine soaked towels between the bed and bathroom and the sores attributed to poorly wrapped leg bandages, bedsores, etc. His roommate received similar substandard care. When a complaint was lodged 2 nurses saw fit to verbally abuse my friend for complaining. Their Haitian/broken English was hard to understand but he got the message! Recently he was moved from the “Haitian Wing” into a private room and appears to be getting better treatment for now. Note: I have participated in numerous CARF & Joint Comission Inspections as a Director in the healthcare field.
by Jm Moran

May 06, 2018 at 01:19PM
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Texas Speeding Ticket...

Texas Speeding Ticket Two Texas Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on Highway 77, just south of Kingsville, Texas. One of the officers was using a hand-held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the town of Kingsville. The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour and climbing. The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and then it suddenly turned off. cid:7celfeINUanKYS4oRYH4 Just then a deafening roar over the mesquite tree tops on Highway 77 revealed that the radar had in fact, locked on to a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low-flying exercise near its Naval Air home base location in Kingsville. Back at the Texas Highway Patrol Headquarters in Corpus Christi the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to the U. S. Naval Base Commander in Kingsville for shutting down his equipment. The reply came back in true USMC style: "Thank you for your letter . . . "You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked on to, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it, which is why it shut down." "Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had also automatically locked on to your equipment's location." "Fortunately, the marine pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched to destroy the hostile radar position on the side of Highway 77, south of Kingsville." "The pilot suggests you cover your mouths when swearing at them, since the video systems on these jets are very high tech." "Sergeant Johnson, the officer holding the radar gun, should get his dentist to check his left molar. It appears the filling is loose. Also, the snap is broken on his holster." Semper Fi TOP THIS ONE FOR A SPEEDING TICKET IN KINGSVILLE, TEXAS

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May 04, 2018 at 11:00AM
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Daily Stoic: “The Anvil Breakes the Hammer “

“In real life,” George Orwell observed, “it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer.” Yet we seem to think that we’re the exception to this rule. That if we just have enough energy, if we push hard enough, if we want it bad enough, we can do what everyone else has failed to do. That our force is enough to escape death, bad luck, ever having to accept things we don’t want to accept. Critics sometimes say that the Stoics were resigned, but they really weren’t. They were just realists. They understood what Orwell was saying, that the world is the anvil and we’re the hammer. If we’re persistent and resilient, we can use the hardness of the world to shape materials to our liking, but the anvil is a constant. It doesn’t break, but we certainly can.