Ever
wonder what it is like getting old and feeling blue some days as you reflect
your life and view your thoughts within a split moment of nostalgia? Maybe not
all the time but certainly a good portion of your time is reflection of good
and bad memories hidden deeply within the annals of your mind. The fact is, you
can’t help yourself thinking about yesterday as much as you want to try to
focus on tomorrow. You concentrate on the present as you begin to doubt about
the future.
Your social life is stale compared to before and although you seek to go out and find a good movie theater every now and then you have adjusted to watch those nostalgic channels of TV land and the AMC channel as you watch your memories on the screen letting you drift away and remember what you were doing those days when you were young.
Mind you now, I am not complaining. As a youth I never realized that growing old could be such a wonderful experience as life gives you satisfaction of all your fruits of labors and family events. There are no better moments that those in your mind as you travel your personal journey over and over again to keep your focus on who you love and who loves you.
Getting
old means a change in lifestyle habits and common sense priorities
that were once on top of your daily agenda and now perhaps a bit lower down the
list if not completely stricken off it. Lifestyles that included physical
activities such as jogging around the track or volleyball on the beach,
swimming in the lake or ocean and hiking or mountain climbing with those people
that always brought the competitive spirit within you to be the first in the
race.
Those
days of running and jumping are gone forever as you sometimes struggle with
your balance getting up out of bed or even the car whenever you are tired.
Rubbing your eyes free of the sleep that accumulated as you are sleeping more
now than ever before and watch what you eat as the digestive system is more
sensitive now than ever before. Muscle tone and super strengths are things of
yesterday and will now require you to exercise in a more sensible manner.
Your list
of medication includes aspirin or some other kind of prescription to deal with
the aches and pain that have appeared as a gentle reminder of your youthful
past and the sports you played a tumbles you took. A headache could be a
warning and an upset stomach can let you down for the rest of the day as you
adjust your life to meet the daily challenge of staying alert and aware of your
environment.
Getting
old means having more tolerance to people’s voices and their noises. Sometime
struggling to hear what they are saying, you also must admit that those ears
aren’t working as well as they did before. Noises can be annoying and crowds
are sometimes not tolerated as you become a little more recluse than ever
before. Your social life is stale compared to before and although you seek to go out and find a good movie theater every now and then you have adjusted to watch those nostalgic channels of TV land and the AMC channel as you watch your memories on the screen letting you drift away and remember what you were doing those days when you were young.
Mind you now, I am not complaining. As a youth I never realized that growing old could be such a wonderful experience as life gives you satisfaction of all your fruits of labors and family events. There are no better moments that those in your mind as you travel your personal journey over and over again to keep your focus on who you love and who loves you.
This time
of growing old is precious yet unforgiving. There are no comforts in sight that
will assure you that there will be no more tomorrows. Living the moment every
day and every minute has become a treasure. A treasure stored within your heart
and someday will be found and unlocked with the key that is in your heart’s
control until the day you leave this Earth and go to Heaven.
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