Speeding tickets, prayers, Man's Search for Meaning

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Good evening, 66.1ers.

Food for thought:

I talked with a 91-year-old patient yesterday.
Got pulled over on his way to church.
Apologized to the officer.

“Oops. Now I’m going to be even later. But I knew I was wrong.”

Officer let him go with a warning.
He asked the officer for his name and badge number.

“Ok. Officer Smith. Badge #001. Got it.”
Officer asked why.

“I’m going to say a prayer for you tonight. Ask God to be a little extra good to Officer Smith.”

Same guy also told me that the key to living well for 9+ decades is a positive attitude.

“I don’t ask grumpy people how they’re doing because whatever they say isn’t going to be good and that’s going to poison the next conversation I have.”

Something to learn from this example?

(This patient wasn’t exactly 91 years old, Officer’s name wasn’t Smith. HIPAA!)

A question for you:

Recommendation of the week

Been rereading Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning.
Also The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living.

Dr. Sood from Mayo says stress comes from lack of control, lack of meaning, and/or insufficient resources to meet demands.
Frankl says a person can get through literally any degree of suffering as long as there’s meaning attached to it.

Seems meaning means something!

That’s all for this Wednesday.
See you on Saturday.
Have fun out there.

Marcus