Welcome to Lamp Posts!

My blog for sharing illuminating content related to healing and wellness with some personal revelations, which are hopefully informative and inspiring.

One lamp post at a time is a phrase from a dear, recently departed friend, David Matthews, who in the 1970's among other things introduced me to Lebanese food, Friends of the Earth and Gita Yoga.
David's life story featured a constant battle with impending death. As a child he suffered terrible asthma, a pneumothorax/lung damage and had many hospitalisations that left him to grow up physically frail.
However, David who many expected would die young, some forty years ago embarked on a series of journeys riding a bicycle great distances, including along the legendary Gibb River Road. David had determined to take his own health in his own hands. The journeys were his way to improve on his 56% lung capacity, build strength and resilience. David succeeded and despite ongoing health challenges lived a very full life of almost eighty years, creating and giving supportive service in media fields such as photography, radio and sound recording.  In the depth of his struggles when riding David said," I would just focus on getting to the very next pole, you know, One Lamp Post at a Time." A metaphoric saying that became synonymous with David.
On ya Dave!   Chris.   (see: altsoundings)