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We’re having our worst fire season in Colorado since 2020, over 15 active fires🔥, crazy times!
In times of madness, seek out cool places, like we did last Sunday, dipping our toes in the North Saint Vrain Creek.
The river flows by Planet Bluegrass, a music festival we attended with our daughter and her boyfriend.
It was great fun to get outside, drink a few cold ones, listen to live music, and to spend time with the people we love.
The concert was our last lark of the summer as empty nesters😮…
Sunday night, we had to visit the airport🛫, and it wasn’t just for the velociraptors🦖😂.
For the past year, Q has been completing paperwork to bring an overseas student from Madagascar into our home for the school year.
After 31 long hours of travel, 16 year old Mitia and Hanta, the head of the school, arrived at the airport and were greeted by Plato. Do you think Plato smells lemurs on their luggage😄?
As we age, it is the default setting to slip into routine.
We’ve worked hard, we’re old, tired, and we don’t want to be bothered. We want things to work how we want them to work, our way or the highway! Tell them kids to “get off the damn lawn👴😠🌱!”
As your official broken record💿, I’m here to share why embracing change can benefit your brain🧠, your heart❤️, and your long-term health🩺.
🧠 – Learning new routines, adapting to different cultural habits, and engaging in daily conversations with someone from another country stimulates neuroplasticity — the brain’s ability to form new connections — which has been shown to delay age-related cognitive decline and lower dementia risk (Harvard Medical School, 2021).
Learning about the challenges this young woman has had, and the struggles her country faces (the 9th poorest nation in the world), well, it reminds me to give thanks.
Of course we have problems and discontent here in the US, but as my father-in-law has always said:
Being born in the US means you’ve won the lottery!
❤️ – Positive social interaction and shared activities can lower blood pressure, reduce stress hormones like cortisol, and even improve heart rate variability, all of which are linked to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (American Heart Association, 2017).
Now that Mitia is in the house, we’ve been going to school meetings, setting up schedules, cooking dinner on a regular basis, and I can’t run around in boxers any more😂. My wife Q says that’s good for everybody.
Memory & Mental Flexibility 🔄 – Exposure to new ideas, foods, and language requires mental flexibility and working memory, both of which are protective against cognitive impairment in later years (National Institute on Aging, 2020).
If you’d like to know my role model in this arena, look no further than Thor Colberg, a longtime client from the Carolinas. At 76, this man’s actions speak louder than his words. Thor travels to hotspots all over the world sharing his faith and helping communities to build churches and stronger communities.
Welcoming a 16-year-old from Madagascar or building churches overseas isn’t just exciting — it’s healthy! Studies show that new routines, fresh friendships, and a little cultural shake-up can boost memory, protect your heart, and even help fend off dementia. Change keeps us young… and way more fun to be around.
Just remember, even small changes in routines will increase life’s joy and make you healthier. Bake cookies for the neighbors, go to a new restaurant for breakfast, volunteer at the elementary school, call a friend you haven’t spoken with in decades.
The ball is in your court and the world is waiting!
And do keep squeezing the juice🍊 out of life and look for ways to help others.
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