Life is tough. Sometimes our wings get damaged along the journey. Don’t give up, keep a strong grip on life.
Pull yourself up and keep taking one step ahead of the previous one.
Flowers by my neighbors, butterflies by nature. Photos by Mike Hartley
I’ve known people who have given up on life. I have occasionally myself. Luckily, I was able to turn those times around.
In some ways this is one of the sweet spots in life. After the difficulty of losing our parents and beginning our own journey into our senior years, we have had the pleasure of seeing more grandchildren. Also watching our own children’s families and careers blossom.
Fortunately, we also have had many family members and friends grow old with us.
Great challenges are ahead though. The inevitable loss of friends and family, those shared memories continued friendships here today, gone tomorrow.
I would love to grow old, but that means absorbing a lot of pain and loss along the way. Maybe even loneliness. I guess that old saying “be careful what you wish for” has some meaning through every stage of life.
Random Thoughts of the Day
- I’ll be listening to doctors, not the government for my health decisions.
- Thoughts and prayers for school shootings were never enough. And still aren’t today, or tomorrow.
- I pick the route I drive now by weighing with one would I encounter less idiots along the way.
- Great sunrise over the ocean this morning. Wish I was there.
