Saturday 4 July 2015

Three Reasons Why Old Eyes Sparkle

Let's face it - not everyone has the privilege of getting old, but few of us look forward to it.  I am here to share why the place I am in right now is the best place there is in a long life of "places."

First of all, time speeds up when you get older - or at least when you pass that theoretical threshold of being in the last third of your life.  I will leave the math up to you when that might be!  Do you remember when a week was a very long time - especially when it was a week before Christmas or a week before summer holidays?  Now, a week goes by so quickly I no longer have to wait in agony for those special events.  One birthday heralds that another one, God willing, will be just around the corner.  One month to Christmas is really just a blink of my baby blues!

Secondly, I am finally in a stage in my life when I can embrace each moment and do what I want to do when I want to do it.  Life squeezes us into corners and narrow alleyways when we are children or teenagers or young adults.  Now the morning sun wakes me, the day stretches out before me and gives me 24 hours worth of choices.  Walk, paint, write, clean, rest - my choice.  Not all is perfect and I certainly don't live in some utopian paradise, but I do love being in charge of most of those minutes!  Bring on a nap or a whole afternoon with a book.

Finally, (and I am limiting myself to three!), I can be silly without concern for the usual repercussions.  We start out that way; I am sure I started out that way.  Babies and toddlers don't worry about what someone might think if they fall down trying.  They just keep on trying.  I did worry.  I cared what people thought.  I still do sometimes but somehow, I found IT again.  I mean, who cares if my earrings are a little large, my eyebrows are sprinkled with as many white hairs as brown, and the leggings I wear are pulling a little too far out front!  The twinkle in my blue eyes far outshines the rolling eyes of the spectators as I dance to "Happy" or capsize my "float boat" on the public beach yet again.   Silly ladies, like precocious toddlers, make people smile.  We give them hope that one day, they too might be able to let it all "hang out!"
 

8 comments:

  1. Love that you are rediscovering freedom. My time is still being dictated by others, but I have found already that the older I get the less I care about what others think. Keep on dancing!!!

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    1. Thanks Kiddo!! There is a season................:_

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    1. Good to see you on my blog!! Thanks for your interest!

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  3. Here's to getting older!

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  4. You nailed it! The lack of schedules and pressure to be somewhere or do something at a specific time or place is a wonderful thing!
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    1. Thanks for your comment Barb - just lapping it up STILL and it has been a year!

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