Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often assume that sorrow, quiet desperation, and hopelessness go hand in hand with getting older. They dont. Emotional pain or numbness are symptoms of living the wrong life, not a long life. Martha Beck On Sunday, I had the joy of joining a Bajan in London to celebrate her 100th birthday. Rita, with faculties intact and a joie de vivre, sang show me a motion, think I making fun and lifted my spirits after the Remembrance Sunday Commemoration. At 100, she had a light that burned brighter that persons more that half her age While so many people seek the secret to youth, I am preparing to age gracefully (with a touch of disgracefulness just so it and I dont get boring). And Im prepared for getting older because I am see how time is not something to be coveted but to be enjoyed. This I realise is best done when we can see how time attains infinitesimal dimensions through our progeny. I am enjoying getting older. I love this feeling of wholeness that’s deepening with each new year. I feel rooted in who I am, as I have now have a much clearer sense of what I’m capable of. I know my worth. It has been reassuring knowing I can survive things. And it’s not just because I experienced such life changing bereavements but that I have more years behind me. I have proof that time does carry on - that heartbreaks will be survived, that bad memories will fade, and that forgiveness can be found. I love the empowerment at this stage of my life. I care less about what other people think of me. I’m my own biggest fan because after 40something years I realise that no one else is going to do it for me. And Im not being selfish; for by looking out for me, I try to earn for myself love and kindness and when I do I have so much more love and kindness to offer to feveryone else. But I must admit there a few regrets and some days I may wish that some part of my life turned out differently! But 99.9% of the time I wouldn’t change it for a fella. I am especially grateful to have my health, my family and friends, and an awesome job. I am ready to keep growing in my life alongside my children as they grown in theirs. So to all Sciprios, nuff respect!! Happy birthday to us all, particularly Rita n Wembley and to my mother Elaine whose birthday it is... Next week is my birthday but I cant remember how old, but what does it matter... Im not counting. Im living...
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:06:12 +0000
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