Getting Older

You know - getting older just sneaks up on you.  You don't remember where all of the days went.  You have memories of special occasions but most of it is a blur.  The memories are good and they are pleasant to think about  but you just wonder where all of the time went and what you did with all of it.  

I guess that I thought that by the time I was my grandmothers age -- you know old in your 50s-- that I would feel very wise and able to handle anything.  I have come to find that that is not really the way that it is.  There are still many things to learn -- some are new and some are the things that we refused to learn the first time around.  I am praying that real wisdom will come and that I will have some wise lessons to pass to someone who wants to listen.  Some parts of getting older are really good - like more freedom and less fear about speaking your mind and not really caring about what others think about the way you are dressed.  

I don't really feel older.  I know that I am by the number of birthdays that have passed but inside I still feel very young.  I hope that I always feel like that.

Stay young in mind and heart.