aging gracefully
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Embracing Retirement: Finding Meaning in Everyday Life
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Albert Einstein “A quick note before I begin: In last week’s post about music memories and the Columbia House Record Club, I neglected to mention that the piece was inspired in part by a thoughtful post from fellow blogger, writingfromtheheartwithbrian.com I…
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Embracing Aging: A Positive Perspective on Growing Older
One of the great things about being older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. Madeleine L’Engle As I swiftly approach my seventy-eighth birthday, I’ve decided it’s time to refresh my profile photo. Every time I glanced at the previous one, I felt confined to a different era—a time when my…
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Insights on Staying Young
The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. Robert Frost I sincerely support the pursuit of staying young for as long as possible. In my opinion, it’s a mindset that can significantly impact our lives. You’ve undoubtedly come across the popular saying, “You’re as old as you feel.” I would like to propose a slightly…
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Seasons of Change
This post is from 2022 Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. J.D. Salinger On Halloween, our son came over for dinner and after we had eaten we decided to watch, ET. I…
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Quiet Dignity
Dignity does not consist of possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. Aristotle What I write for this blog is, on occasion, decided for me. In today’s case it was determined by two events. The first was a meditation I listened to this morning by Jeff Warner titled, Quiet Dignity. The second…
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A Great Lady
All of us hope that our choices and our actions will make a little sweeter those rooms we enter, those worlds we move through, those lives we touch, those people and places we leave behind us. It is, in a way, our small gesture toward immortality, our little message to the universe. It says, “I…
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Women of a Certain Age
“Some guy said to me: Don’t you think you’re too old to sing rock and roll? I said: You’d better check with Mick Jagger” Cher Many years ago, I received this postcard to a new exhibit. When I checked with the gallery and found out the painting was $4,000, I framed the postcard. Sadly, I…
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Retrospection
The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. Robert Frost I was in my late twenties when this painting was done. Looking back, what I didn’t know could fill volumes. I can’t decide if not knowing what the future holds is a good or a bad thing. I’m sure in some instances I would have…
