Aging and Learning

Some mornings I wake up feeling older than I actually am.  Other mornings I wake up feeling younger.  I’ve decided socks are for younger mornings.  I mean if God wanted me to wear socks, He would have put my feet higher up toward my knees.  I’ve also learned why old people insist on driving in the far-left lane.  They can’t look back over the left shoulder to see who is in the fast lane beside them. The biggest lie I tell myself is… ” I don’t have to write that down, I’ll remember it”.  I’m told as you age, you need social support and are encouraged to join groups. Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven’t met yet. But on the other hand, I have everything I used to want when I was much younger. I don’t have to get up early to go to work.  I can take a nap whenever I want to – even if it is still morning.  I don’t have to spend a lot of time at the barber shop. I decided to stop calling the bathroom “John” and renamed it the “Jim”. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.  I do find myself talking to myself a lot.  But then, I often need the advice of a mature person.  I know, I know!  I borrowed some of these ideas from other writers.  I’d give them credit, but I can’t remember who they were. “Even to your old age, I am He, and even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you” (Isaiah 46:4).