{"id":176400,"date":"2024-01-12T19:33:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T19:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=176400"},"modified":"2024-01-12T19:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T19:33:34","slug":"fear-and-the-inevitable-decline-or-its-nearly-my-birthday-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/01\/12\/fear-and-the-inevitable-decline-or-its-nearly-my-birthday-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear and the \u00a0inevitable decline or its nearly my birthday again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-orange-background-color has-background\"><mark style=\"background-color:#eadaa6\" class=\"has-inline-color has-medium-brown-color\">Doom is just around the corner.<\/mark> Perhaps? Or around the next corner maybe. Suddenly the inevitable can be seen in a fleeting glimpse in the corner of your eye. You try to avoid the temptation but alas you fingers flick towards the Google search box on your android and you type the words wanting  to know how long you might have left. Not that long so pull your finger out and get on with it  old chum says the AI oracle in very short order.  So trying to distract myself from the notion that we only get one shot at this I attempt to keep calm and carry on anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January proceeds as expected so far. Interspersed with mild burst of paranoia.  <br>I just had the exercise bike delivered. Great fun getting it up the stairs as its 21 kg or 3 stone and a bit&#8230; The box went up end over end on the steps with a bit of shoving from my thighs. So that&#8217;s some serious cardio training even before I got it out of the box. I hope it will help keep up my stamina during the winter months when taking walks is not always that great when the cold starts to bite. It also has a couple of extra resistance training aids too.  I have a bit too much belly and I would like to see if I can shift some of it also my core muscles are weak and that makes my back worse too. So I shall try and work it in with my other exercises too.  I am not expecting miracles but who knows it should help a little.  The pain is real as they say. Snap, Crackle and Pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weird Synchronicity <br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1395449596&amp;color=%23e49864&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-brown-background-color has-background\">It&#8217;s so tiring though. <mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">So here is an old tune that needs a few more plays I feel<\/mark>.  I am continuing to work on stuff as usual of course and seeing if I can find a few new tricks along the way too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as ever the world falls apart around us minute by minute of course.  <br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peace<\/strong>&nbsp;means societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Psychological peace&#8221; (such as peaceful thinking and emotions) is less well-defined, yet perhaps a necessary precursor to establishing &#8220;behavioural peace&#8221;. Peaceful behaviour sometimes results from a &#8220;peaceful inner disposition&#8221;. It has been argued by some that inner qualities such as tranquility, patience, respect, compassion, kindness, self-control, courage, moderation, forgiveness, equanimity, and the ability to see the big picture can promote peace within an individual, regardless of the external circumstances of their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Etymology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Beowulf_-_frithu_sibb.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"74\" data-attachment-id=\"176422\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/01\/12\/fear-and-the-inevitable-decline-or-its-nearly-my-birthday-again\/image\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image.jpeg?fit=220%2C74&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"220,74\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image.jpeg?fit=220%2C74&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image.jpeg?resize=220%2C74&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176422\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Before the word &#8216;peace&#8217; came into English lexicon, Anglo-Saxons used a phrase &#8220;<em>fri\u00f0u sibb<\/em>&#8221; for &#8220;pledge of peace&#8221;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The term &#8216;peace&#8217; originates from the Anglo-French&nbsp;<em>pes<\/em>, and the Old French&nbsp;<em>pais<\/em>, meaning &#8220;peace, reconciliation, silence, agreement&#8221; (11th century).<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace#cite_note-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The Anglo-French term&nbsp;<em>pes<\/em>&nbsp;itself comes from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latin\">Latin<\/a>&nbsp;<em>pax<\/em>, meaning &#8220;peace, compact, agreement, treaty of peace, tranquility, absence of hostility, harmony.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The English word came into use in various personal greetings from\u00a0c.\u20091300\u00a0as a translation of the Hebrew word\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shalom\">shalom<\/a><\/em>, which, according to Jewish theology, comes from a Hebrew verb meaning &#8216;to be complete, whole&#8217;.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Although &#8220;peace&#8221; is the usual translation, it is an incomplete one, because\u00a0<em>shalom<\/em>, which is also cognate with the Arabic\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S-L-M\">salaam<\/a><\/em>, has multiple other meanings in addition to peace, including justice, good health, safety, well-being, prosperity, equity, security, good fortune, and friendliness, as well as simply the greetings, &#8220;hello&#8221; and &#8220;goodbye&#8221;.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peace#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><br><br>If only&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doom is just around the corner. 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