Having a birthday during a pandemic is an interesting, to say the least, experience. I can’t even remember what my age is as of this weekend. However, I will remember wearing a face mask for it. I will remember my smile having to come through my eyes. Tyra Banks, in America’s Next Top Model, used to call that smizing. Good thing I learned that lesson.
I will also remember my deep-seated hunger to be outside. I wanted to be out in the sun. I wanted to walk on and on. Thus, we went out hiking on a gorgeous trail outside New York City. What surprised me was that there were hundreds and hundreds of others out there. Everyone else was also hungry.
What surprised me even more was that there were about a third of people not wearing masks. As a healthcare worker I was a bit out of sorts. This is not over. We are still seeing many sick people.
Despite that shock, I embraced the sun, the pebble paths, and the sounds of the cascading waters. Normalcy is what we all want. In due time. But for now, some sun will help the mind.
Categories: Culture, current events, Fitness, mental health, photography, Psychology, society, The Seasons
psychologistmimi 
Belated birthday wishes
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Love that verb smizing. Never heard it before but it speaks volumes.
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During ‘This New Challenge’ We Do Have much to be
Thankful For Like ‘The Nerds’ Who Were Always
Challenged by Social Activities Focusing their ‘Thinking
Differently’ Hours on Building Online And Doing Science Instead…
True this Link
Built for
us by so
Many Who Failed
at the Human Connection
First Made a Revenge of
the Nerds bringing
Their way of
Seeing
the World
Online to Create Us
More as Systemizing
Humans As Neuroplasticity
Mixed with Negative Epigenetics
In Change or no Change to Environmental
Challenges as they come Do DNA Unpack or Not and
Manifest as More Human ‘Terminator Age Machines’ True but the
Side-Effect of all of That Now is Humanity on Life-Support of Technology
With a Virus
That Otherwise
Wipes Out Untold
Numbers of Human Beings…
Sadly Though We Are Not Smart
Enough to Follow The Systemizing
Health Science Rules as Now With
Every Increasing Failure of Social Distancing
Becoming Relaxed as the Future Looks More like
Twice
as
Many
Deaths.. 3000 A Day..
by June 1st than now..
Live And Let Die… Really Not a Fully Human Thing
to Do.. As Usual Ignorance Most to ‘Blame’ for Human SNAFUS
Thank God For ‘Nerds’…
Without Them We Will All
Be More Like Burnt Toast….
In This Environment Now at least…..
‘Fauci’ And The Others.. Yes.. You too.. Real Super Heroes Now…
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I am glad you had a Happy Day! 🎈
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Happy b-day to a fellow Taurean . . . hope you had a lovely day. (Yes, I find it astounding that only maybe 3 in 10 folks wear masks – so it seems when I’m out there. And never mind social distancing; some have obviously never heard of it.)
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Happy belated birthday. I too subscribe to your prescription and have the opportunity to safely and privately partake of the remedy provided by the sunlight.
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Thank you! Hope you are doing well
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