I am outgoing, friendly and enjoy doing social things when with a partner. I find when I am single I tend to stay home more, which I also enjoy very much. Movies, hiking, good conversation and being outdoors are a few things I enjoy doing. Most often I am found at home because my property has become a mini-sanctuary for several species of birds. Spending my time outside with my sanctuary residents is fantastic. Plus it is so beautiful here and the weather is great. My serious side also involves maintaining my health.
I worked as a pharmacist, but I am more of an anti-pharmacist! Prevention and acquiring good habits are the keys to a vital life. I worked in hospitals and know that western medicine can play an important role as well. Love the climate here, preferring sunny dry days to the cloudiness and humidity of the northeast.
Jay is a 74 year old, Jewish male. Living in Tucson , Arizona Vegan diet. Living a principled life of meaning, purpose, simplicity, and growth is my goal. Originally from New Jersey, I went to college Pomona and beyond in southern California but have spent most of my adult life in southern Arizona. I find the Sonoran Desert to be magical, and I hike a lot, but you can see beauty in most places if your mind is open to it.
The beauty of any place, though, derives mainly from the people who populate it. Character traits I value include "compassion and altruism, placidness, patience, and slowness to anger, and abundant loving-kindness and truthfulness" Exodus , as well as reverence for all life.
The latter includes wearing a mask, to protect both others and myself, during the pandemic! Practical examples of these traits include: being mindful of the needs of the disabled and the vulnerable e. I look for ways to help others, although, whatever I do, I try to avoid self-serving feelings like self-validation and pride. With my scientific background, I'm mostly a left-brained person, but I try to exercise the right half as well, although I fall a little short of being a polymath.
