I had an interesting and instructive
experience on Friday evening. The back story: I have been involved in planning a
wedding with a couple of delightful young people for almost two years. The
wedding is early in August this summer. Everything is all arranged – rehearsal,
service, banquet. Beatrix and I were treating it as a big date!
Then, yesterday, we got a call that some of
our family were arriving on that Friday, and staying just two or three days. I
couldn’t skip the rehearsal, but I could skip the banquet in order to spend
time with them. That’s what I did, in consultation with the bride. I was
disappointed, because I have looking forward to this for many months. After all
the texting and emailing had been done, I went upstairs, calmly, and took my
BP. It was 166 over 58 – very high. I was surprised, but on reflection I realized
that such emotional upsets, which scarcely show on the outside, have a HUGE
effect on me. I can exercise without a problem; I respond to emotional upsets
with an elevated BP. I KNEW that, but now I “know” that a whole lot better.
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