Enjoying My Age
It’s funny how when I was pre-teen heading into those teen years, all I could think about was being older so I could do my own things my own way.
Little did I know just how complicated and stressful - between bills, jobs, relationships and making the right choices as an adult - that can be. As a pre-teen, most choices had very small consequences even though we thought the world would end with some of the choices and drama we endured as teens. Now as a 56-year-old man, I find myself in the same situation of sorts, pre-retirement age ready to get those golden years or at least looking forward to them. I have them all planned out and it includes a simpler life with less stress.
Now that I have some years under my belt and, I like to think a little wisdom learned over the years, I am deciding to stop always looking forward and just enjoy what now has to offer. I have found myself looking at the years in my life like the seasons of weather. Winter or fall is where I thought I was in life but after a lot of reflection I believe I am still in the spring or possibly the summer of my life.
Spring is a time of renewal and birth. So, I will look inward for fresh ideas and new ways of looking at my life instead of looking back or forward. Spring is full of beauty, if you look around everything is green again, flowers are blooming, little baby critters are everywhere and the air is sweeter. I will keep the best things about spring close to my heart and renew my zest for life.
Winter and fall are far away still and for now plans for my winter and fall will be put away to collect dust on a shelf as I continue to enjoy the spring of my life. My spring will include a rebirth of my spiritual connection with God as well.
Throughout my life I have always found time to pray at least twice a day but going to church and reading my bible has seemed to get less of my attention as it should from time to time. I wear a cross as my shield but more importantly as a reminder to pray every day, which I do before putting on my cross every day, and to think about how I am acting or reacting to things that happen around me. Praying is great, but God wants more from me daily. So, my spring will include a renewal of church fellowship and reading the bible again.
Are there things you need to renew in your life this spring? Are you looking to much into the future or past instead of focusing on the now?
This is Will B saying, be present in the now, find enjoyment in what is going on in your life now and if you find your now not all you want it to be, it’s time for a renewal or birth of something new in your life.