Growing Bolder Community

(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...

It is interesting that when we are young, we feel invincible, indestructible. The twilight years of our lives, the ending years, days and hours of our lives are so distant that we simply don't think about them, don't focus on them. And maybe that is as it should be. By setting those issues and concerns aside, the young can concentrate on the here and now - facing challenges, overcoming them,...

In reading others blogs I ran across one written recently by Dena Stewart. It mentioned that her birthday was on October 5. Her blog reminded me of one of the several musings I have written about birthdays (we seniors have lots of them). So as a Belated gift to Dena - and all others who have or are going to celebrate their birthday, I offer you the following musing that I wrote back in March...

In many respects living life is like taking a ride in a cab. When you get in the cab the flag is dropped and the meter starts running. In a similar fashion the day we are born the meter in the cab that is going to take us through life starts ticking. If the cab ride is interesting and exciting, as life often is, we tend to ignore that meter. It just keeps racking up the miles and cost - the...

They are two - one a question and the second only a two word statement, so similar yet so different. The former suggests caution and prudence, the other ill-considered and foolish choices. The first is a question the wise often ask - "What if"? What if I do or say something, what will be the possible outcomes? It suggests that the one who asks realizes that what we say or do, or fail to say or...

There is one thing about today's youth that I find amusing and sometimes frustrating. They look at us who are over 65, 70 or 75 and think we have no idea what it is like to be young (even 55 might qualify as being old in this respect). They simply can't fathom us as ever being their age. We are the old folk in their minds. I guess they think we were 65 or more the day we were born. They...

The following is a musng from my book, Late Night Musings, which I published a while back. I hope you enjoy it. I have written before about the changes a body, my body, goes through as it ages. Except for those disciplined few, we all add a few pounds. Some overachieve and add even more weight. For some, their walk isn’t quite as upright as it used to be. Perhaps it’s just the weight of...