Wednesday; October 21

When I was younger, I would hear “older” people talk about how difficult it was to age because it seems like everything hurts.  I recall laughing it off – but as I am aging, I am realizing it is no laughing matter.  Actually, it can be kind of funny listening to me and my contemporaries visiting because just about every conversation centers around what is sore and where we are going to the doctor.  Yet, I have recently come to realize that my aches and pains happen when I am sitting around not doing anything.  It hurts less to walk than to sit.  The joints that ache when I am sedentary usually feel pretty good when I am exercising.  As odd as it seems, there may be a life lesson or two in that.  Have you noticed how tough life seems to be when we are sitting around not doing anything; but how good we feel when we are out doing things and making a difference in the world around us?  When we are stagnant it is easy to sit around and complain about things, so the actual solution may be to get out of our rut and be active.  I don’t know if it alleviates the pain or if it just takes our minds off of it; but either way, we tend to feel better.

Are we looking for a cure for what ails us?  Maybe it can’t be found in eliminating the pain as much as it does in ending the inward focus of identifying and complaining about what is wrong – both in us and with the world around us.

Think About It!

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