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T.V. kills the mind. Set some goals, easily achievable ones, also some that require a bit more thought and time as well, ones that you enjoy and are not financially restrictive. The rainbows will come back. Judgment Day will be interesting - and all paths lead there.
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True  But, it beats the alternative. I will take some aches and pains, forgetful mind at times, etc.
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5/25/2016 6:22 pm |
I'll second that. The past few months of my "construction" work sure made me see this. Takes 3 days to do what I used to so in 1 and although I have gained some endurance I still hurt when it is done. Spiritwoman ^i^
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I went to bed thinking about this, and still have no answer, but I sure do agree with it. I was contemplating how man is a triune being: body, mind (soul) and spirit. The spirit is eternal, so it never gets old. The mind (soul) is what usually stays youthful, according to our thoughts, emotions, and experiences. I have known people, my late husband included, who were old in that way long before their time. We say we don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing...... this refers to those type of people. But the body is the true culprit. It ages, gets diseases and conditions, and we must deal with how it feels and looks all the time. It puts boundaries on the the things our mind wants us to do. I feel those boundaries more and more, and one thing that helps me, is to think about those who have it worse than I do. IF they can keep going............ so can I. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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leaf.... terrific comment.. I related a lot there comes a time when we accept being old, well, not accept it as old per se, but accept the fact we can't do what we use to do. This is the downfall of becoming old. the mind and body has evolved to become adaptable to unchanging situations. We don't even realize it, we have adapted to being old. Each of us adapts differently. I doubt it happens when one turns a certain age. Age doesn't matter. If it did, we'd recognize it, do something about it. If we could not do something about it, we'd just accept it, that's what "young" people do.. But becoming old is not a turn of events, it's a process. A process we never realize, while we're processing it. Only, when the process completes do we see it. What we never see is the choices we made, the adaptations we made along the way. We now see our past and see what we could do then. We never see what we couldn't do, That had no meaning in the past. It was there, but we accepted our choices. Then we accepted what we couldn't change and adapted to it. Being old doesn't change us, we change ourselves by thinking we have become old. The mirror may not lie, but the mind always does when it serves to protect ourselves.
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When I was a baby, I could cry and crawl. When I was teen, I could jump and play ball 'When I was in highs school I ruled the hall When I was a young man I didn't have to listen at all. When I was a man that was fully grown I wanted a family to call my own I needed to have more sensibility to fullfill my obligation and responsibility When I was a middle aged man I had the world in my hand I got depressed it was not enough I wanted to get back the foregone stuff Now I'm old, I don't cry and crawl I no longer jump and play ball I'm now supposedly more than full grown And the family I had is no longer just my own The world, I once held in my hand now holds be back from being a man The foregone stuff, now has left my mind and my future now has been left behind.
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