A Little Poem For The Old Is Gold

Another year has passed

and we're all a litte older,
last summer felt hotter

now winter seems much colder.

There was a time not long ago

When life was quite a blast.
Now I fully understand

about 'Living in the Past'

We used to go to parties,

picnics and lunches.
Now we stay at home

prefering snacks to brunches

We used to go out dinning,

and could'nt get our fill.

Now we ask for take away,

come home and take a pill.

We used to often travel

to places near and far.
Now we get restless syndrome

from riding in the car.

That, my friend how life is,

and now my tale is told.
So, enjoy each day and live it up

before you get too old."

[Thank you, Liz.]

Dinsdag-denke

I asked one of my friends who has crossed 70 & is heading to 80 what sort of change he is feeling in him? He sent me the following very interesting lines, which  I would like to share with you ...

1) After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children, my friends, now I have started loving myself.

2) I just realised that I am not “Atlas”. The world does not rest on my shoulders.

3) I now stopped bargaining with vegetables & fruits vendors. A few Rand more is not going to burn a hole in my pocket but it might help the poor fellow save for his daughter’s school fees.

4) I pay the petrol attendant a big tip. The extra money might bring a smile to his face. He is toiling much harder for a living than me

5) I stopped telling the elderly that they've already narrated that story many times. The story makes them walk down the memory lane & relive the past.

6)  I have learnt not to correct people even when I know they are wrong. The onus of making everyone perfect is not on me. Peace is more precious than perfection.

7) I give compliments freely & generously. Compliments are mood enhancer not only for the recipient, but also for me.

8) I have learnt not to bother about a crease or a spot on my shirt. Personality speaks louder than appearances.

9) I walk away from people who don't value me. They might not know my worth, but I do.

10) I remain cool when someone plays dirty politics to outrun me in the rat race. I am not a rat & neither am I in any race.

11) I am learning not to be embarrassed by my emotions. It’s my emotions that make me human.

12)  I have learned that its better to drop the ego than to break a relationship. My ego will keep me aloof whereas with relationships I will never be alone.

13)  I have learnt to live each day as if it's the last. After all, it might be the last.

14) I am doing what makes me happy. I am responsible for my happiness, and I owe it to myself.

[Lees nog Dinsdag-denke HIER]

A new stage of strenght ...

Age appears to be best in 4 things

Be patient ...

Age wrinkles the body ...

It is too hard ...

Count your age ...

A record ...

We age by stories ...

Memories and thoughts age ...

Mark Twain ...

The power of persistence.

Harry Bernstein wrote 40 books but destroyed the manuscripts after they were all rejected by publishers. Bernstein was 93 when his wife of 67 years died and started writing to help deal with his grief. He spent 3 years writing his memoir "The Invisible Wall."

He sent the manuscript to many New York publishers, all of whom turned it down. Then he sent it to an editor at Random House in the UK, where it sat in a pile of unsolicited manuscripts for a year before it was read by a stunned publishing director who immediately recognized it as inspired writing.

It was published in 2007 when Mr. Bernstein was 98. He would write three more acclaimed books, all of which were published, up until his death at 101. Bernstein called his 90s, "the most productive years of my life."

[Click HERE for more inspirational stories]

The great thing ...

We are never to old ...

Age is nothing but a number ...

Age is nothing but a number, to which we have attached great significance. Somehow we have given more meaning than we should, and so we let a number to control our life. The truth is that age does not define us, or our destiny, because it is not our age that counts, but our attitude.

“Don’t just count your years, make your years count.” – George Meredith

It seems that we have an age for everything, an age to learn and study, and age to have fun, an age to get married, and age to have kids, and age to be successful and an age where you are too old to do anything that you basically die before you are really dead.

We have given age the power to decide for us, it can decide if it’s right for us to do something or not, we base our decisions in our age, what most of the time lead us to make the wrong decision or to decide something according to our age rather than decide according to our feelings and desires and we do this due to the limitations we have put in our minds because of age.

The important thing in our life is to know that age is not what matters, because what really matter in our life is our attitude, our faith, commitment and perseverance. Of course our age indicates the passage of time, and so we have more difficulties at certain age, but the key to live our life to the fullest resides in our mind, there is nothing that can stop us to reaching our goals if we believe that everything is possible. Our mind is everything, and we should never let age interfere with us.

[Thank you, Melisa Rodriguez, for sharing this with us]

How old are you?

Return to tender ...

Wrinkles are optional ...

A new stage ...