As the years come and go, ones age creeps up and eventually they arrive at what some say is the golden age. Others have said it’s only golden for doctors, but I have discovered there are also some advantages. For instance, one doesn’t have to try hard any more to behave in a certain way, for others will just say, “It’s because they’re getting older.” They may not always dress right or have their hair perfect, but they often have a lot of wisdom under their cap. When they forget something, it’s often laid to growing older even if the person has always been forgetful.
Then, usually as people grow older they can get away with saying, “I can’t go because I’m too tired or I don’t feel well.” That’s to be expected in older folk. Moreover, they have lived long enough not to be surprised at most anything that happens, but do you know there’s a wealth of knowledge in many of them?
Senior adults have lived and learned from past mistakes and hard times the young may never face in our affluent world. There may be a day in the future, however, when life is not like it is today. Therefore, it behooves the young folk to take a few lessons in determination, faithfulness and hard work from older people. Life is not always a “bowl of cherries” or fun. There’s more to life than that and the world or Uncle Sam doesn’t owe anyone a living.
It behooves younger parents to not only tell their children, but also be a good example of how to be successful in life and money doesn’t accomplish it. Don’t worry about tomorrow, there’s enough to think about today. Just live one day at a time. As you all face this new year, determine to make changes if needed in your life so that when life ends for you, people will say that over the years you chose wisely and lived your life with honesty and integrity. I believe that cannot happen without God in charge. My prayer for you all, especially Christians, as you begin this new year is as follows:
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
By Helen Steiner Rice
Yesterday’s dead,
Tomorrow’s unborn,
So there’s nothing to fear
And nothing to mourn
For all that is past
And all that has been
Can never return
To be lived once again
And what lies ahead
Or the things that will be
Are still in God’s hands
So it is not up to me
To live in the future
That is God’s great unknown,
For the past and the present
God claims for His own,
So all I need do
Is to live for today
And trust God to show me
The Truth and the Way
For it’s only the memory
Of things that have been
And expecting tomorrow
To bring trouble again
That fills my today,
Which God wants to bless,
With uncertain fears
And borrowed distress
For all I need live for
Is this little minute,
For life’s Here and Now
And Eternity’s in it.
I wish you all a Happy and Blessed New Year.
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Submitted postcard
Elaine G. Cole found this picture on a post card that was her grandmother‘s or aunt’s, probably from more than 100 years ago. Quite different from those available today.