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(Note to readers: I am fully aware the purpose of Growing Bolder – as you move along in life, get out there and enjoy it. However, in spite of that, not everyone is going to jump out of a plane or go snorkeling in some exotic bay. For many getting it’s a matter of adjusting to a new phase in life. Here is one senior’s take on it.) So you are going along, busily living life, enjoying...

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The other day was another day to walk the beach. Fall is trying to move summer out of the way but not with much success. After a few days of cool weather, or at least cool for us, summer has made it clear it has no intentions of being pushed off the stage quite yet. But be that as it may, it was a pleasant day to walk the beach. (Readers' note: Subsequent to writing this, winter moved in;...

I guess enough years have passed for me to "fess up". This confession spans decades, probably from when I was old enough to walk, although I certainly don't remember that inaugural event. For in spite of feeling I led a fairly good life, I have to admit that along the way - I made mistakes. Whether as a toddler, as a child in grade school, as a teenager or an adult, I did things I knowingly...

It is said (sometimes in my musings as well) that nothing is constant in life. Life has its up and downs, its ying and yang. For those who are mathematically inclined, it is often compared to a sine wave. Not only are we told that; we also experience it in our own lives and see it in the lives of others around us. It is also described in Ecclesiastes 3 which starts with that well known verse:...