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Sandy_C
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Enjoy life!
« on: Aug 22nd, 2005, 9:07am » |
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Old age, I decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body ... the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror, but I don't agonize over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avant grade on my patio. I am entitled to overeat, to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love... I will.
I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the bikini set. They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten ... and I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years my heart has been How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when a beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will ever know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turn all different shades, even gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver. I can say "no", and mean it. I can say "yes", and mean it.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like getting old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. Today, I wish you a day of ordinary miracles.
Work like you are going to live forever!
Live like you are going to die tomorrow..
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Re: Enjoy life!
« Reply #1 on: Aug 22nd, 2005, 9:18am » |
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Gotta love it… 
Thanks Sandy…made my morning…
Hugs,
Langa
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Re: Enjoy life!
« Reply #2 on: Aug 22nd, 2005, 1:31pm » |
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well said Sandy!
bravo!
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Re: Enjoy life!
« Reply #3 on: Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:09pm » |
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Right on, Sandy...I can sure relate . Some fine words there.
Pat
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Re: Enjoy life!
« Reply #4 on: Aug 22nd, 2005, 4:08pm » |
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I love Your Thoughts & words, & really needed to hear them!!! Thank you so much!!
Lots of Love & Prayers !!
Jolene
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Re: Enjoy life!
« Reply #5 on: Aug 22nd, 2005, 5:56pm » |
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Yeah, Sandy!!! Beautifully put.
Like you, I'm embracing the aging process. 
hugs (and creaks), nani
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Re: Enjoy life!
« Reply #6 on: Aug 23rd, 2005, 12:23am » |
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Absolutely! Can't beat that with a stick... 
Charlie
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Re: Enjoy life!
« Reply #7 on: Aug 23rd, 2005, 10:40pm » |
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That was inspiring, truly. A year ago I was still complaining about my stretch marked tummy from having my son then a friend told me this "Those are a daily reminder from Him that He gave you the greatest gift of all." I haven't complained about them since and I wear them with pride.
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Karen
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"If I'd of known 30 years ago how your life was going to turn out I'd have drown you at birth!" - what my father said to me on my 30th birthday
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