Resetting internal Clock and Lefties August 19th, 2024. 435 words

This morning my inner clock reset. This means I slept one to two more hours then normal. This is a documented phenomenon, that is common in blind individuals with little or no light perception. The eye’s perception of light and dark changes helps the brain to set our biorhythm for a 24 hour day. Studies show that a blind persons has a 25 hour day. This means that the individual must have a reset day and sleep in. Normally, this happens on a day I perceive darkness or a dark day, making it easier to sleep and reset my clock. Since retiring, this is part of my normal cycle. When I had to work or participate in a meeting, I had to go to bed early the evening before to receive the needed sleep.
On August 17, we celebrated left handed Day. I am part of this group. Ten percent of the population is left handed. In my family there were three out of seven family members that used their left as the dominant hand. we had set places for meals. My brother Mike and I sat on the same side of the table both being lefties. I always sat on the left corner of any table. So my elbow would not interfere with a person using their right hand. Later, I was seated with my younger brother, Brian who was a lefty like myself.
Mike was ambidextrous . He was able to use both his hands equally well. He played baseball, catching the ball with his right hand and threw the ball with his left. He could draw and write with either hand.
Brian and I were true left handed users. We did all tasks with our dominant left hands.
Tools such a scissors, pencil sharpeners, and table saws are made for the use of right handers. Knitting and crochet patterns are for the same group. Left hander learn to modify, adapt to a right handed world.
Some famous people that are lefties include Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan, George W. Bush, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Sir Isaac Newton ,Aristotle and blind activist Helen Keller.
A large percentage of people in the creative arts are left handed. Some experts speculate that is do in part to learning to think outside the box. Personally, I believe lefties work daily to find solutions to tasks in a right handed world.
**. Poem
Left To Right
face to face
left to right
left is wrong
right has might
creative solutions
bridges far left and right
carolaspot@aol.com 8/19/24 copyrighted