Tuesday content will be set aside for culture, based on the movements of the American Discovery Symphony. Others will contribute as well, first on the Humanity Hiker Facebook Page, later on this blog when set up for that. Here is … Continue reading
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I have a few projects lined up meant to help raise funds for brain health research and I want to complete them while Cindy is alive. The problem is they don’t conveniently lend themselves to being fully present with Cindy. … Continue reading
I covered Health and Happiness as a virtue in an earlier post. I mentioned that some of the things that contributed to Happiness were proper diet, sufficient exercise, low stress and a social network. Early nomadic societies, and some modern … Continue reading
Before the journey across the country I wrote a book, not yet published, called The Five Forgotten Truths. Those truths are really virtues, what is right and good for most humans under natural conditions. I will go into each virtue … Continue reading
I recently began work on a project that will lead to one of the most ambitious and extraordinary journeys in history. What is it? Everything in due time. I mention it now only because it will highlight “normal virtues.” I … Continue reading
Most people have seen a food pyramid indicating the proportions of different types of food we should eat. At the bottom of the pyramid, indicating the food we should eat the most, are fruits and vegetables. There are a variety … Continue reading
Under natural conditions there are four ingredients that contribute to both our health and happiness for most humans. These are: 1. Nutritious diet 2. Sufficient exercise 3. Leisure 4. Social networks Like most things in life these are interconnected. For … Continue reading
Across the country I heard people complain that Americans don’t want to work hard any more because Mexicans were filling the jobs at meat-packing plants. Though we actually work longer hours than forty years ago there may be some truth … Continue reading
As I hiked across the plains I often heard the lament that Americans do not want to work hard any more. What prompted this lament was the influx of Mexicans to work in meat-packing plants. If we are to consider … Continue reading
There are a few lessons to be learned from early nomads in regards to our health and happiness. Why they can provide lessons is they did not evolve over hundreds of thousands of years to be unhealthy and unhappy. For … Continue reading
