When I was feeling low a couple of weeks ago a good friend of mine said,"You must remember you are an old lady now." I didn't take offence as I know he meant it well. O.K. so we may say 70 is the new 60 and it may be for some people but we need to adjust according to how we feel as an individual. Sometimes I have lots of energy and sometimes I don't. It is all a question of recognising these different times. I now have a new regime for getting up. If I have a particular reason to get up I can do it quite easily even if it's getting up at 3 a.m. to catch a plane, but with my normal day I want to stay in bed an extra ten minutes, or maybe an hour! Getting up used to be a terrific wrench of leaving a comfortable bed to rush through a shower and quickly dress. Now I do it differently. I get up slowly and go to the kitchen and make a coffee, sit in the living room and enjoy it while I come conscious and then I have a leisurely shower and get dressed. My problem with a shower is that I don't like getting wet and I don't like drying myself either! Now I try to think pleasant thoughts while I do it and shower and dry on auto-pilot so to speak. We don't have to turn into cabbages at this stage of life but a little gentleness toward ourselves can get the day started more happily and easily. Don't beat yourself up, treat yourself gently.
When we lose a loved one it is natural to wonder how they are faring in the next life. I would warn against going to a medium to find out. At worst these people are charlatans after your money, the rest misguided or worse. We are told in the Bible not to try to reach the dead. The best person to call on in this situation is Jesus. That's right, go to the top. He is always available through prayer and doesn't make a charge. All he requires is that you look for him with all your heart. He has the answers to all of life's difficult questions.
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