Brain Alacrity and Body Lethargy

 

 

As a man thinks so he is

But his body may disagree,

Check Proverbs chapter 23 verse 7

And this you will almost see.

 

Please note the difference

That I shall mention,

Heart and brain are not the same

To this you must pay attention.

 

“For as a man thinks in his heart

That is the character he be,

Eat and drink says he

But his heart is not with thee.

 

So one gets the impression

There be two with which we think,

We think in the heart it seems to me

And with the brain there is a link.

 

 

Check out the heart

When dealing with the emotional

But consult the brain

If the matter appears intellectual.

 

My focus I must submit

Targets the brain and not the heart,

Body alacrity and brain lethargy:

That’s the point at which I start.

 

No doubt you are wondering

What I am talking about,

This idea came to me this morning

When I gave my neighbour a shout.

 

 

 

He is quite a way up in age

But his brain is still thinking alacrity

And the speed at which it says to move

Conflicts with his body’s lethargy.

 

A stumble or a stump is the oft result

Whenever these two conflict,

When his brain says to “Go!”

At the same time his body says, “Quit!”

 

Often times then what a man thinks

He really is not,

The brain might be ready to go

But the body’s age says stop.

 

So as a man thinks in his brain

He very often is not

For depending on his age

He may be rooted to the spot.

 

 

This is no conflict with the Bible

For to the heart Solomon spoke,

I am thinking with my brain’s alacrity

But my body says, “Must be a joke.”

 

Consider your age my body dictates

“You are not as young as before.”

And before you step with alacrity

Contemplate body lethargy a bit more.

 

A word to the wise is sufficient

And by now you know I’m not that wise:

Brain alacrity and Body lethargy

Only precedes old people’s demise.

 

The young will never experience it

That is if they die before they get old,

Brain alacrity and body lethargy

Is for senior citizens only, I am told.

 

Stewart Russell © February 2019

 

Surefooted or Dim-witted

 

 

Be careful what you say

When dealing with your wife,

You may regret it later

Maybe for the rest of your life.

 

Surefooted or dim-witted?

That is the question I ask myself

Since I incurred this injury

That put me on the shelf.

 

I had a feeling about my feet,

I thought I was surefooted

But while having a conversation

My wife came up with dim-witted.

 

 

That is how I feel sometimes

When on my injury I reflect,

I felt I was surely surefooted

Hence, the fall I did not expect.

 

When you get around my age

The brain and the body disagree,

There are somethings you want to do

And the body says, “No, not me.”

 

At times brain doesn’t understand

What the body is trying to say

So brain urges on the body

But the body falls by the way.

 

 

Surefooted was a present delusion

 Though a past reality of long ago,

The body understands that well

The brain doesn’t seem to know.

 

That makes the brain dim-witted

And hence, that person too,

To ascertain whether this is you

Here is what you can do.

 

When next you attempt

To do something without thinking,

That is being dim-witted

Like a man that has been drinking.

 

A drunk is never surefooted

Just watch the way he walks,

He is dim-witted without a doubt

Listen to the folly that he talks.

 

 

Like any young person could

I felt that I could still run,

That was dim-witted in abundance

But surefooted-ness: none.

 

My recent history bears out that point

And consequently, my injury too,

Surefooted-ness: that is false

Dim-witted-ness: definitely true.

 

Stewart Russell © September 2019