\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe breeze, though\nwelcomed, does little to relieve the sweltering heat of the summer sun. Even\nsitting under the huge maple tree as the grandchildren play excitedly in their inflated\nnew pool exposes one to humidity that engages a flood of perspiration almost\ninstantly. Scorching temperatures and soaking perspiration means nothing to our\ndelightful grandchildren splashing intentionally in the crystal blue water of\nthe pool. The trio thrashes and splashes for hours, seeming never to lose even\na tad of the stored energy. Eventually, the need for food to restore energy manifests\nitself and the trio reluctantly leaves the water to be restored and renewed.\nThe seemingly hyperactive six, five, and two-year-old succumb to the biological\nurge to restore and respond with a nap or a series of insistent screams at one\nanother about the possession of an obscure toy. Ultimately, restoration is obtained,\nand the grands move on to more of the wet and wild time until led to their proper\nand cleansing bath before their evening meal. With great enthusiasm the three\nhave engaged activity that builds skills, satisfies a quest for knowledge, and\nexerts energy toward that for which they have passion. They are now skilled in\nthe use of a garden hose that washes away clutter and debris from the pathway to\nthe pool. They have learned that misuse of that flowing garden hose can result\nin the loss of all the water from the pool if the three of them simultaneously\nlie on the swollen edge, causing the container to overflow. They have also\nlearned that they have the power to maintain a workable and sustainable instrument\nof joy and refreshment. This elderly and not very sprite possessor of PD\nobserves and is inspired to begin to align his thoughts and energy toward that\nwhich yields rewards for the attention given. The inclination to shuffle the\noften seemingly stiff feet while crossing the room can be turned into a more\nrewarding exercise when engaging the intention of the mind with the lifting\nof the feet (without regard for how someone may view the action) that takes the\nmovement from shuffle, to exaggeration, to a reasonable act of walking across\nthe room. The act of having taken the shuffle and turned it into a semi-normal\nwalk seemed at first to be a rather ridiculous exercise until the realization\nthat the side effect of this imposing depletion of endogenous dopamine progressively\ndeprives on of what we virtually all consider to be normal forms of movement.\nRegaining the normal and or reducing its decline begins to find a habitat\nonce we make friends with the fact that normal no longer is what was and embrace\nthe fact that normal must now be discovered\nand embraced. Even that thought must be exercised repeatedly as if exercising a\nmuscle that keeps us swimming in the pool of adventure and discovery. The\nenthusiasm of the grandkids does not yet underpin the perceived motivational\nsplashing of intentional movements to exercise that which will reduce loss of\nvoluntary movement taken for granted for so many years. We will see if and how the\ndiscovery of engaging different actions of intent will lead to a new and\nperhaps different place of thriving and away from activities that remind us of our\nloss (failure).\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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