The Stars And The Moon to Master Ken's Social Experiment
The night bears witness to a dreadful incidence
Ladies are taught to escape a dreadful incidence
The Stars And Moon (English sonnet)
Reflections of the pool beneath his feet
For now reality was in retreat
Towards remnants of a simple lovers� squall
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She said that all that once was is complete
A fact that he no longer could forestall
He still recalls the coldness of it all
A bitter cold now lying in the street
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Was this the final future of a kiss
Was this the destiny of lovers� vow
Was this the silence broken hearts have found
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And there the stars and moon he could not miss
Which drift into a nearby gutter now
As he now drops his knife upon the ground
Madness and the stars and the moon consume this English sonnet. As most sonnets of this type, we are presented with two sections. In the first section we have a confused lover. We are given some clues as to what led to his confusion. The second half deals with clues of the nightmarish conclusion. It starts with a maddening ostinato: "Was this the". The stars and the moon, usually reserved for lovers, bear witness to a gruesome kiss.
No, I didn't know any murders. The closest was Steve and Muriel. They were a happy couple who lived close to Arlene and I. Their kids went to school with ours. It was nice to have dinners together and enjoy playing a table game or watch a movie together while our kids played. We met because I worked with Steve at Chevron. Muriel also worked at Chevron, but in a different department. Arlene and Muriel shared a lot of the same interests. Everything went along without anything unusual. One day, at work, Steve tells me and our work companions, he's leaving Chevron. He had another job opportunity somewhere else. A couple of days later, Arlene tells me she talked to Muriel on the phone. She and Steve were getting a divorce. Steve went crazy. It was a time when building climbers and building jumpers (with parachutes) were a novelty in San Francisco. Both were illegal. Steve became both of these. Or so he tried. It seems that his attempts were met by guards or police. I remember, the guys at work laughing at one more of Steve's disasters. It was as if he was notifying the authorities of his illegal intentions. The last time I saw Steve, he said he was moving to Houston, Texas. Muriel became a department manager. She never got remarried.
Amazing what stress can do to a person. I am no authority, so I am hardly qualified to tell a person how to handle or avoid theirs. In fact vast research is going on on the subject. The challenge is that there are many forms and types of stress. Not all stress is bad. Good stress, also called eustress, can propel us forward and help us achieve more goals, ultimately leading to more happiness, success, or fulfillment. Some people like stress. in the euphoria they feel when the stress is removed. Some stress is good for the body. Some stress can weaken the immune system and cause high blood pressure, fatigue, depression, anxiety and even heart disease. To make matters even more complicated, we are all different. Stress has moved beyond doctors, beyond psychiatrists to stress specialists. If we are worried about or just interested in stress seek out a stress specialist or one of their organisations. Remember, life is to live and Enjoy.
Amazing what stress can do to a person. I am no authority, so I am hardly qualified to tell a person how to handle or avoid theirs. In fact vast research is going on on the subject. The challenge is that there are many forms and types of stress. Not all stress is bad. Good stress, also called eustress, can propel us forward and help us achieve more goals, ultimately leading to more happiness, success, or fulfillment. Some people like stress. in the euphoria they feel when the stress is removed. Some stress is good for the body. Some stress can weaken the immune system and cause high blood pressure, fatigue, depression, anxiety and even heart disease. To make matters even more complicated, we are all different. Stress has moved beyond doctors, beyond psychiatrists to stress specialists. If we are worried about or just interested in stress seek out a stress specialist or one of their organisations. Remember, life is to live and Enjoy.
Back to the sonnet: Wojciech Kilar "Love Remembered"
Knowing how to defend our self helps lower stress
More than 1500 years ago, Vegetius, a Roman writer on military tactics wrote, �Few men are born brave; many become so through training and force of discipline.� What relevance does Vegetius have for us as self-defense instructors? A lot. By encouraging repetition and stress inoculation, we can better prepare ourselves to defend themselves in a real attack. What does this mean?
Let's just follow Master Ken, of EnterTheDojoShow. as he teaches women to defend themselves. "Master Ken's First Social Experiment"
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