People fascinate me.. they always have and they always will.. I love that all of us are so unique and so completely different from each other.. while still being similar in so many ways! It’s one of the great mysteries of life to me.. how we all manage to coexist reasonably peacefully with each other!
I am fortunate to have friends and be on friendly
terms with people across all age groups.. people in their 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s
70s and a few in their 80s as well.. It is such fun interacting with this
variety of people and having some really interesting conversations with them..
I invariably come back having learned something from them.. usually a small
pearl of wisdom or else a major life lesson!
Getting to know younger people (in the 20s and 30s) is
like a window into the future with a lot of fresh thinking.. creative ideas..
not always the most practical but very stimulating indeed! Their perspectives
are always wider since the world is truly their oyster and “everything goes”..
at least in theory!
Those in their 40s and 50s are for the most part..
ambitious and hardworking.. have their goals – career.. social and financial
very much in place and are working according to plan to achieve the same! They work
hard and play harder.. love checking out new restaurants.. travelling to places
off the beaten track.. and are very open to new experiences..
People in their 60s (like me) are the ones who aren’t
exactly YOUNG anymore.. but having said that.. aren’t really OLD either! A
number of us start feeling and talking about how “we just don’t have the energy
we had last year anymore” like 60 is this big bad “monster” that has taken over
our minds and bodies completely! The truth be told, it’s not completely true.. but
it isn’t bullshit either!
Everyone slows down at a certain point in time.. and
that’s a function of age! The way I look at it is.. okay.. so if the body is
lowing down a little.. modify the lifestyle to accommodate it.. If you can’t
gym anymore.. go and swim.. if you can’t swim anymore.. then start walking.. and
if you can’t walk anymore.. stay home and do gentle stretching and breathing..
KNOW your body.. mind.. heart and soul.. Take out time
for yourself and accept that things will keep changing internally and they may
manifest externally as well.. Physical symptoms and problems can be treated by
the doctor but what about the vague formless uncomfortable feelings of restlessness
anxiety and lack of interest?
Are you spending enough time with yourself to know
what is causing you emotional stress? Prayer can help but self-love.. introspection
and awareness are the key.. Sometimes I’m on the go from morning to evening and
think I’m getting so much accomplished and still end the day feeling depleted
and “empty” even though everything on my “to do” list has been ticked off.. Not
a good thing right?
We all magically acquire tremendous and universal
wisdom when it comes to knowing how other people should lead their lives and
are always ready to be “Mr. or Ms. Fix It” with all the answers.. but have we
ever sat down and analyzed what WE like.. love.. hate.. and may want to change
in our OWN lives? Something to ponder on because all the answers are within
us.. if only we are ready to face them and acknowledge them (even against our
will)..
Just sharing something personal.. am on a mission to
eat healthy.. control my temper.. acquire some patience.. modify my lifestyle..
and basically “get my act together” and am pretty much committed to this..
Admirable right? Yes, but although I’m walking the “straight and narrow” there
has been a feeling of “stagnation” for almost a couple of weeks now and it was
really bothering me!
I just couldn’t pinpoint what was causing it and a
friend told me this morning “I know exactly what it is.. you’re getting antsy
because you haven’t travelled anywhere in over two months!” Restless soul that
I am, I realized that she hit the bullseye and am now happy because I’m now
thinking about where to go and what to see! No concrete plans yet.. but what
fun to have something I love to look forward to!
Does this mean I don’t know myself? Of course not.. but
sometimes you just can’t see the forest for the trees.. and that’s absolutely
fine! Now that I know WHAT a big part of me travel IS.. will simply make sure I
do enough of it to keep me buoyant.. upbeat and in “Little Miss Sunshine” mode!!
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