Jack’s Winning Words 7/28/14
“You can’t turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again.”  (Bonnie Prudden)  Prudden was a physical fitness expert, developing fitness plans for children, adults, geriatrics and even prisoners.  She wrote a book, “After 50 Fitness Guide.”  Bonnie was regularly exercising into her 90s.  She was proof that you can rewind the clock.  Do you know of others who have rewound the clock?  How did they do it?    ;-)  Jack

FROM HONEST JOHN:  I work out at a gym three days a week and walk at the Mall the other three days...Sunday is a day of rest but still play some tennis on Sundays.....I don't know if that has turned back the clock....gives the clock a better chance of still ticking and, perhaps, keeping time. ====JACK:  Those who emulate Bonnie's advice was called, "Prudes."  I admire a gubba like you.

FROM TARMART REV:  ...not too tightly...I know of a couple I broke doing that...one is a Grandmother's Clock staring at me as I type this line. 0;-/====JACK:  All of the clocks we use in our house are electric or battery operated.  No chance to wind-up or wind-down.  Of course the power sometimes goes out, and the batteries eventually run out of juice.  "There's a time to be born and a time to die," as the Bible says.

FROM BFC IN MICHIGAN:  That'd be an interesting read! I'm going to look for that one. ====JACK: You can get it at Barnes and Nobel.  Bonnie followed her own advice and lived to be in her 90s.

FROM GUSTIE MARLYS:  I hope I am continually rewinding the clock.  I still manage to keep quite busy.====JACK:  It sounds as though you still have plenty of "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"!

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  Well I probably wouldn't turn back the clock but I would slow it way down.  Bonnie Prudden, boy that brings back memories....Jack LaGoff, Jack LaLane, and their was another guy who exercised on tv but I don't remember his name.  He lived in St. Clair Shores, near my friend's house and she took me over to meet him.  He was sleeping in a hammock in his backyard.  Their are a few people I know who try to turn back the clock with makeup and surgery and are marginally successful.  ME???  I earned my wrinkles!====JACK:  That Hammock Exercise program sounds like a good one.

FROM DOCTOR PHIL:  Jack,  You have done well with this.   God Bless you.====JACK:  I am blessed with an "inner" alarm clock which wakes me up at 4:45 am, each morning to send out my Winning Words.  No need for winding or batteries.

FROM BLAZING OAKS:  CICERO SAYS "TO LIVE LONG, IT IS NECESSARY TO LIVE SLOWLY."  MY CLOCK SHOULD HAVE RUN DOWN LONG AGO IN THAT CASE!  I LIKE THE POET SAMUEL ULLMAN'S IDEA..."YEARS MAY WRINKLE THE SKIN, BUT TO GIVE UP ENTHUSIASM WRINKLES THE SOUL"!  MAY WE ALL HAVE SMOOTH, FIRM SOULS!! :-)  THANKS FOR YOUR WW, AND FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL SUMMER DAY!  ====JACK:  Hey!  I'm the one who's supposed to come up with the good quotes!  Speaking of beautiful days, yesterday, a series of thunderstorms knocked out power to 190,000 homes in our area.  We escaped this time.

FROM MOLINER JT:  Oh Boy ! You bet. "Believe" It has been my #1 word for almost 4 years. This not only rewound the clock, it kept it ticking for me. Of course PT and OT played a most important part too.====JACK:  You're like a Timex watch that takes a licking, but keeps on ticking.

FROM TAMPA SHIRL:  I agree wholeheardtedly.  Everyone has a different life style. One of my friends here has just gotten into weight lifting.  I prefer walking and swimming  What about you?====JACK:  Exercises each day at 4:45 am, followed by sitting down at the computer to send out Winning Words to you...and to the others.

FROM SBP IN FLORIDA:  I've been chuckling to myself all day as I look at our stationary bike....whish remain stationary. My mantra is "God has a plan." I truly believe that! So far I haven't perceived that He expects me to exercise beyond what I do to fulfill His plan. ( I may be missing signals.) In addition, a song about a "grandfather clock" has been working its way through my memory. I don't have all the words...but the tune and most of the words have made it through the maze. Such a fun day! Thanks.====JACK:  Is your stationary bike a tandem?  If so, does God occupy the from or the back seat?  I suppose the front, because it's best to let him/her do the steering.

FROM IKE AT THE MIC:  Very carefully & thoughtfully.  I often quote George Burns  who said, "I'm getting to that point in life, that when I bend down, I look for things I can do while I'm down there."====JACK:  George lived to be 100.  Maybe it was the cigars...or being able to see the funny side of things.

FROM AMcC IN MICHIGAN:  I still do stretches I learned from Bonnie in the 1950's.====JACK:  That's the old-fashioned yoga.