As seniors we have learned to appreciate that our words continue to be one of our most valuable assets. They serve to shape our lives as we read them, speak them and hear them every day. We use them to express ourselves and to record and relate our experiences and understandings. Most enjoyable is the fact we can spend more time using them to tell stories. Equally important, is our increased ability to keep ourselves company by using them to talk to ourselves.
They even help us to enjoy being comedians and entertaining ourselves as we respond with a variety of wordy expressions when we drop, dribble, knock over and spill items that challenge our dexterity. These diversions always prevent feelings of loneliness from invading our comfort zone and usually generate chuckles and comments like “what next”!
Perhaps the most important lesson is using them more freely to express how much we enjoy our relationships and complementing others (and ourselves) on all the little things we are able to share and do. Clearly our good words serve to nourish our well-being and should never be rationed.
Articles written by many qualified health advisors provide lots of advice to help make aging enjoyable and I am certain most of us are observing many of them in our daily activities. Let’s continue to “keep on truckin” and fill our minds and bodies with positive energy that doesn’t have time to be wasted by dwelling on negative happenings and messages.
The following words are intended to remind us that laughter is the “spice of life” and we should always mix generous teaspoons of it in our morning drinks.
Kindness – Let’s enjoy expressing words and acts of kindness every day. Let’s especially enjoy acting a little crazy at times. This always causes people to show funny expressions and ask if we have remembered to take our medications.
Reminiscing – It is always enjoyable to wander down memory lane. It helps us remember that our wrinkles are the result of enjoying many years laughing. Our grey hair reminds us that we have lived an active life and simply diluted our former dark coloring through regular hair washing treatments we don’t wish to dye. Our scars show that we are capable of taking on many challenges and winning.
Remembering – Aging can often cause us to behave like we are competing in a quiz contest. We know we have seen it! We know we have heard it! ! We know we have done it! The real challenge is we can’t recall the answer because our memory often decides to take a nap. It puts up a “do not disturb sign” that says it doesn’t want to see, hear or do anything at this time. When it decides to wake up the contest is over.
Investing – My stockbroker advised me to invest in a stock that was projected to quadruple it’s value and also pay dividends over the next several years. I felt obliged to volunteer some free advice in return. Simply put, I told him I had reached an age where I didn’t even want to buy green bananas.
Learning from Dogs – Dogs are very smart. There wisdom includes – being playful – enjoying being petted and cuddled – Knowing when to snooze – letting us know when they are hungry – speaking to us when they want to spend time outdoors – acting as guard dogs when they think we may be threatened. Most important is that they know how to release stress and are happy to actively remind us that if we don’t let them out to pee we will regret it when they release their stress indoors.
Dealing With Stress – As we age we learn how to effectively cope with becoming stressed out. We simply spell it backwards and convert it into our sweet tastes (desserts).
