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It's beginning to look like the end times regarding climate change and panic shopping. Ground beef and toilet paper will not save us. Thank you for listening.

Today, victims of Hurricane Ida need our help. The Red Cross needs volunteers and donations. Thank you for listening.

This is my desire for you today that there is peace and tranquility in your world. Seems to me that words of encouragement bring more happiness than playing a musical instrument. Learning to play one inherently needs encouragement. Share the love and find someone to encourage today. Thank you for listening.

Today's episode is about living with pain and suffering. Thank you for listening.

Grieving over loss is a state of mind. If you are grieving today, you are not alone. God loves you and wants you to be happy. The Word of God comes in a book with many chapters about relief from despair and loss. It is about healing troubled minds and living a life of peace and assurance. It is not a psychology book. If you own a Bible, start reading. Even when depression and other disorders are partly to blame, my heart goes out to you. Thanks for listening.

Thank you for listening to this episode about the method I use to alleviate lower back pain that doesn't require exercise equipment or a chiropractor. This method can be done at home without the help of anyone. However, I would keep a phone nearby to call for help in case you can't get up. It works as long as your back muscles are strong. If not, I recommend stretching exercises in a heavy comfortable chair. Just twist and turn and lift yourself from a seated position. This works, too. Reaching for the sky also relieves back pain.

There are so many ways to maintain a strong back that don't require a health club membership or investment in expensive exercise equipment. In case you already own this equipment, I encourage you to give my methods a chance. I hope the long hours spent sitting down are not the actual cause of your lower back pain. Seems everything we do these days has us seated somewhere in a vehicle(s), on a train, a bus or airplane and at mealtimes (unless you work in retail). The only place we seem to rise is in church to read from the bible and sing or in court when the judge enters the courtroom. All rise! 

Do judges say all rise?

ENTRY OF COURT MEMBERS

Treatment of back pain has undergone a recent sea change. Experts now appreciate the central role of exercise to build muscles that support the back. This Special Health Report, Back Pain: Finding solutions for your aching back, helps you understand why back pain occurs and which treatments are most likely to help. This report describes the different types of back problems and the tailored treatments that are more likely to help specific conditions. End of story. I have a few questions starting with what kind of exercise? What about furniture and long hours seated in front of computers or watching YouTube videos? Laying in bed seems to be one recommendation that makes sense. However, as some total body health experts explain - man was not meant to sit down for long hours every day. Think about it. Do people who make a living standing up or moving about throughout the day experience less back pain? Lifting with the legs and not the back has always been recommended. Maybe there's just a history of lower back pain or an injury resulting from playing sports or running. So many causes, it difficult to settle on any one recommendation. Stretching is what I do to keep my back strong and pain free. Stretching. Try it.

For years, my father complained about lower back pain. It wasn't until I saw the recliner in the living room where he sat watching TV with no back support that it all made sense. This was an old recliner before ergonomically-designed furniture was available and purchased by some employers for their office workers. Putting a pillow behind your lower back also helps alleviate back pain.

According to HealthBeat, an online service by the Harvard Medical School, stress, anxiety, and negative emotions have all been linked to a higher likelihood of developing back pain. The reasons for this are not completely understood. Chronic pain and depression share some of the same biochemical features. Imbalances in the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine, for example, play a role in mood disorders such as depression and also are involved in producing the sensation of pain. This could explain why people suffering from depression tend to experience more severe and long-lasting pain than other people. Thanks for listening.

Are you listening? It's the sound of a new text message or ring tone on the iPad or smartphone while multitasking throughout the day and night. These devices have many advantages, but can also bring bad news. When the news is good, we are happy. When it isn't, we wonder what happened? Is this turn of events simply a minor distraction or my fault in some way. It might also be meant to set new guidelines in a relationship or end it altogether. One can only hope the intention is to bring encouragement and information so we can get back to work and solve more problems. It's the American way. Today is Sunday. Why aren't we in church? Thank you for listening.

When love is real but doesn't seem to last, we "gird our loins" and get on with our lives - or perish. "Gird your loins" is a line from the movie "The Devil Wears Prada" with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci. The subtitle is Hell on Heels. Some years ago I wrote a screenplay and entered it in the 7th Annual International Screenplay Competition organized by the American Screenwriters Association and Writer's Digest. It took one year to write. I was speaking with agents. It was later retitled Married to a Mensa. Even though it didn't win any awards I received a Certificate of Participation which made me very happy. Thank you for listening.

The Devil Wears Prada - Plot (source: Wikipedia)

Andrea "Andy" Sachs is an aspiring journalist newly graduated from Northwestern University.  Despite her ridicule for the shallowness of the fashion industry, she lands a job as junior personal assistant to Miranda Priestly, the editor-in-chief of Runway magazine, a job that "millions of girls would kill for". Andy plans to put up with Miranda's excessive demands and humiliating treatment for one year in the hopes of getting a job as a reporter or writer somewhere else.

At first, Andy fumbles with her job and fits in poorly with her gossipy, fashion-conscious co-workers, especially Miranda's senior assistant, Emily Charlton. After a dress trial meeting in which Miranda berates her in front of the entire team, she approaches art director Nigel to help her learn the ropes in the world of fashion. She begins to dress stylishly and starts showing effort for the position, accommodating all of Miranda's whims and fancies. Problems arise in her relationship with her boyfriend, Nate, who increasingly finds her spending all her time at her new boss's beck and call.

Miranda starts to notice Andy's changed appearance and commitment and begins to give her more responsibility and complicated tasks to handle. Slowly but surely, Andy becomes more glamorous and begins aligning herself, unwittingly at first, to the Runway philosophy. She gradually begins to outperform Emily at her job. Emily, meanwhile, is consumed with the thought of attending Paris Fashion Week as Miranda's assistant, and starts to lose her health by attempting extreme diets. At a charity benefit, she fails to provide information about a guest making his way to meet Miranda. Andy manages to save Miranda from embarrassment and is rewarded by being asked to replace Emily as Miranda's assistant at Fashion Week. Miranda tells Andy to inform Emily that she won't be going to Paris, but when Andy calls Emily, Emily is hit by a car and ends up in the hospital. Andy then tells the recovering Emily the news and Emily is infuriated. When Andy tells Nate she is going to Paris, he is angered that she has become what she once ridiculed, and they break up.

In Paris, Andy learns from Miranda herself about her impending divorce. Later that night, Nigel tells Andy that he has accepted a job as creative director with rising designer James Holt. Further, Andy spends the night with an attractive young writer, Christian Thompson, who reveals to her that Miranda is set to be replaced by Jacqueline Follet as editor of Runway. Feeling bad for Miranda in her current situation, Andy attempts to warn her but does not manage to get through.

... or mend it again. Sung by Gene Pitney. This is about needing to know the song before standing in front of an audience on Karaoke Night (or afternoon). I had no idea what was needed to do this. Thanks for listening.

"Only Love Can Break a Heart"  published in 1962, performed by the American singer-songwriter Gene Pitney. The song was written by Hal David (words) and Burt Bacharach (music) and appears on Pitney's second album Only Love Can Break a Heart. Pitney had enjoyed some success as a songwriter prior to breaking through as a performer in his own right. He wrote the songs "Hello Mary Lou", "Rubber Ball", and "He's a Rebel", the last a number-one Billboard Hot 100 hit for The Crystals in 1962.

PLEASE LET ME HOLD YOU AND LOVE YOU FOR ALWAYS AND ALWAYS. ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEART. ONLY LOVE CAN MEND IT AGAIN..