By Terry Orr
(Sharing email)
"If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own
lives, you are merely like mice trying to argue with owls. You think their ways
are wrong. They think you are dinner. "~ Terry Goodkind
I can hit the golf ball any way I can and laugh if it
goes in the lake. Them's the breaks. I'm just happy I can still hit that golf
ball.
I am forwarding this to those on my Seniors email
list because it is so well written. Please send back. (I did) It's neat. Don't delete this one, you'll laugh when you
see the return message.
As I’ve aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less
critical of myself. I've become my own friend.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world,
too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or play,
on the computer, until 4 AM, or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to
those wonderful tunes of the 50, 60 & 70'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 jet 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 broken. How
can your heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers,
or even when somebody's 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 never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair
turning 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.
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 being 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 (if I feel like it).
MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER
COME APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!
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