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this season of life…
You know…time has a way of moving quickly and catching us unaware of the passing years.
It seems just yesterday that I was young, embarking on my life, then I was mature and making a good life.
Yet in a way, it also seems like eons ago, and I often wonder where all the years went.
I know that I’ve lived all those years. And I still have glimpses of how it was back then, as well as glimpses of my hopes and dreams of that earlier time.
But here it is…the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise.
How did I get here so fast?
I remember seeing older folks through the years and thinking that they were years older than me. But here it is…I’m retired and my hair has turned white. My friends and I are moving slower and now we are “those older folks” that we used to see.
The blessing is that with the vantage point of all my years of experience, I see a tapestry woven by…
- the choices I made,
- the people I befriended,
- the music I listened to,
- the books I read,
- the creativity I chose to express.
And I know that “all is well.”
We have been blessed to…
- live,
- live now,
- live here,
- be connected to everyone around us,
- live surrounded by beauty and love and wisdom.
Winter may have come, and however long it will last, I plan to wring the last drops of juice from the experience!
Life is good, better than I imagined as a young adult.
(And we do know that winter is part of the cycle of life and melds right into spring!)
Whatever your season of life, I hope you are choosing to live it to the fullest!
- Relish it!
- Relax into it!
- Revel in it!
- Rejoice throughout it!
It’s a gift!
Shift our mindset?
Am I the only one who has caught myself in a mental loop of negative thinking? Where everyday worries seem to be overwhelming? Thinking of 5 ways something could go wrong instead of right? When the glass seems half empty instead of half full? Instead of thinking in black or white, positive or negative, good […]
a favorite of mine…
I’m currently rereading one of my favorite authors from years past…Isaac Asimov. (I’m into robots yet again!) And I have a story from him that I’ll share with you here: In 1925, one year before he entered school, Isaac Asimov taught himself to read. His father, uneducated and thus unable to support his son in […]
Start now!
Start again, start now, continue starting! As Neil Fiore in his book The Now Habit states: “…essentially, all large tasks are completed in a series of starts…Keep on starting, and finishing will take care of itself.” I read an interesting reminder that I thought I’d share today: If you start today, you’ll feel good today. […]
I’m okay, are you?
What if I don’t want a new beginning? What’s wrong with things as they are? Why are we so easily lured into the idea that something about us is broken and needs fixing? Don’t get me wrong…I’m all for personal growth and even transformation. But so many messages in January seem to point to us […]
Goodbye to 2024!
What a year it has been! One full of change as well as opportunities! Here’s some of what I’ve experienced and I’d love to hear what it’s been like for you! For example: I’ve moved from my 2 bedroom apartment (where I’ve been for 10 years), back into my house. There’s been quite a bit […]
Our revised Christmas list!
Sometimes I just need a reminder on what’s really important to me. Perhaps you do too. So here’s some suggestions for us all! 2. WRAP GIFTS (WRAP SOMEONE IN A HUG!) 3. SEND GIFTS (SEND LOVE!) 4. SHOP FOR FOOD (DONATE FOOD!) 5. MAKE COOKIES (MAKE MEMORIES!) 6. SEE THE LIGHTS (BE THE LIGHT!) BLESSINGS […]
It’s actually real!
The Golden Buddha is actually REAL! I’ve always thought it was a beautiful parable about the fact that we’re all already perfect and that all we have to do is chip away at the plaster that’s gotten in the way. (Don’t you love it when you can combine historical reality with metaphorical implications? I do!) […]
It’s always our choice
I read this somewhere and that author indicated that a friend told him it had been shared with him originally by an old friend who didn’t know who the original author was! If you know, let me know please! And let’s pay close attention to the conscious choices the author makes in this story, noting […]
We’ve got 4 weeks left!
December is a month of highs and lows, stress and relaxation, endings and beginnings. It’s crazy! And we can make it even crazier and do something life-changing by taking this idea and wrapping it up as a gift certificate! GIFT CERTIFICATE: “I have hereby received (from myself) the gift of an hour a week in […]