I do pretty well all things considered, but I’d be lyin’ if I said there wasn’t a creak or a twinge emanating from this 50-something body every now and then…. I just engage my selective hearing and move on down the road…. 🙂
I worked for an Asian doctor once who would tell his patients, “Remember how old you are.” I thought this was very wise. People think they can stay 30 forever, keep a 30 year old body and brain. Accepting the changes clears away all this “aging” angst. If we need a cane, we use it instead of fighting against it. If we need hearing aids, we get them instead of making everyone around us shout. If we ache, we rest. Acceptance. And compassion for our aging selves. Even love. Because at this age, we’d better be able to do that, too.
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Oh pal, you’re killing me…another ‘bam’ with an additional ‘sigh’….
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so funny. and true.
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Yep 🙄 Seems like that’s all we need to say 😬
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Yep.
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Yet. I have to wonder. With all that beautiful weather down under, why you would feel any pain at all. Ever.
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So true! But my body forgets ha 😉
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Mine is more like, “Tell me didn’t just….” 😳
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Come on. Those bones of yours are like the Energizer bunny. Just keep on going.
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I do pretty well all things considered, but I’d be lyin’ if I said there wasn’t a creak or a twinge emanating from this 50-something body every now and then…. I just engage my selective hearing and move on down the road…. 🙂
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I do pretty well… (reading this as I was drinking a glass of water and spewing it all over my monitor). RIGHT.
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😉😉😜😜
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Or it saying, “Now think about what you are asking of me. Are you willing to pay the price?”
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Love that!
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And here I thought it was just me.
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You are in fine company.
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My shock absorbers, aka my knees and ankles.
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So, they are working!?!
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They are working but they’re rude. I’ve put a lot of milage on them.
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Ha. So literary. You sound like Durga Chew-Bose
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David, I might have just fallen in love with you.
THIS IS THE SWEETEST THING ANYONE HAS EVER TOLD ME.
I love Durga.
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😀😀👍
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or “hello here I am” 😳
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That works!
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We must be thinking the same thing today 🙂
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No! Stay quiet, as you used to be, I tell them.
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Smiling. Good advice to the Bones.
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I worked for an Asian doctor once who would tell his patients, “Remember how old you are.” I thought this was very wise. People think they can stay 30 forever, keep a 30 year old body and brain. Accepting the changes clears away all this “aging” angst. If we need a cane, we use it instead of fighting against it. If we need hearing aids, we get them instead of making everyone around us shout. If we ache, we rest. Acceptance. And compassion for our aging selves. Even love. Because at this age, we’d better be able to do that, too.
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Wow. There is a ton of wisdom in this. Sandy Sue the Sage.
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I laughed. until … I cried. 🙂 once again, Sandy Sue has some wonderfully thoughtful words
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Smiling. Me too.
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