Recently this past week I was out running a few errands in town. Mind you, I usually limit my driving time to somewhere between 9 am and 11:30 am. As we all know come noon time and the roads become a bit more busier. I picked up a few items at a local store. At the check out, the clerk asked me if I was 55 or older, *as Wednesdays are Senior citizen day*. For a moment I froze, but then quickly realized I did in fact, fall under this proverbial category. She then uttered the following words “You saved a dollar on your purchase today”.
The old adage “Time goes by faster the older we get” definitely holds true. It also has its perks as I recently discovered. A dollar isn’t a lot, but they do add up in time. I suppose now I will become more savvy on what other establishments offer discounts.
When you’re young, the chapters of your life bring many decisions and choices to make. I look back on those days now and agree wholeheartedly. As I often remind others, and now myself, we live life going forward, but understand it looking back.
On the positive side, aging doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a process...a journey and we’re meant to learn from it every step of the way. The key to accepting it is to change your lens and not solely look at your life as one in gradual decline. As the sand falls to the bottom of the hour glass, some things may very well become exponentially better.
I’m on my own schedule now. I threw in the towel (work) a few years ago. There’s much to be done on any given day now. I often asked myself how in the world did I use to work a 40 hour week, yet keep up with everything at home? Somehow, it all worked out.
So now, I will simply remind myself to embrace this chapter of my life, for it is a gift all it’s own. A gift some lose far too early. Rather than to focus on the years that have passed, I’ll continue to live with purpose and appreciation. I’ll also continue to help others and be authentic to myself. Because we only get to do this once. And those senior discounts aren’t that bad either.
Lisa -:)
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