Another Mother’s Day: Getting Older, Don’t Panic !
May 9, 2009 8:17 pm Miscellaneous, Women's Interest
Every holiday (but none I think as clearly as mother’s day) reminds us that another year has passed and how time flies!
Perhaps it because the kids ‘grow so fast” and seem so much older. Then you realize how old that makes you! There is no need to fret about the passing of the years I have some good news!
In reading May Sarton’s Journal “At Seventy” I came across this wonderful passage. A young student had asked May “Why is it good to be old” after she had expressed that sentiment. May responded very clearly: ” Because I am more myself then I have ever been. There is less conflict. I am happier, more balanced…and more powerful”.
She goes on to explain ” it might have been more accurate to say ” I am better able to use my power. I am surer of what my life is all about have less self-doubt to conquer…
I love the way she expresses this, in my own words, I love getting older because:
- I worry less
- I do more of what I want
- I know more of what I want
- Trivial things mostly remain trivial
- I like myself better
- I forgive myself and others easier
- I enjoy the little things
- Solitude is no longer scary
- My spirituality is more solid
I am realizing more the older I get (despite aches and pains) Any one want to add anything to these thoughts?
KeHoeff :
Date: May 28, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
hey this is a very interesting article!