Tag: Aging

World class forgiveness is the only way to free ourselves

Flower Garden in Allentown, PA

 

(photo: 30 years ago, a wedding party took some wonderful photos here – revisited the place because it was only a jog away from Cedarbrook Nursing home)

Is it possible that when we are angry and unwilling to forgive someone could it really be possible that we are actually angry with ourselves?

If we are unwilling to forgive ourselves, we will never be able to forgive others.

We unknowingly channel our discontent with ourselves into our outward behaviors to others.

Wish it wasn’t true.

The only antidote is to accept this, admit it, spend serious time (possibly years) rethinking, reprioritizing, and then recommitting to forgiving ourselves.

World class forgiveness is the only way to free ourselves. For good.

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Humbled by the spiritual aging process

Picnic pavilion at Assisted Living Facility

 

(photo: Can’t stop thinking about their Faith)

Humbled by the spiritual aging process.

Does our spiritual and emotional well being work as an immune system?

Are we willing to live today with the same type of humility and servant hood as that of a person confined to the walls and halls of a nursing home?

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There’s a lesson on Faith in there, just finding it challenging to uncover and articulate.

 

The first doctor told the 91-year old her odds of surviving the surgery were grim.

Her odds were grim anyway due to a degenerative aortic valve condition.

The second doctor was very optimistic and highly recommended the surgury.

There’s a lesson on Faith in there, but at the moment finding it challenging to uncover and articulate.

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Looking back four years to pay it forward today

miracles?
from the iPhone 3 to the iPhone 5 – in the time it took to write 7k+ blog posts

 

Are you conscious of the time passing? Most of us aren’t? Maybe parents are as their children learn to walk, begin school, etc.

But generally, we age slowly, steadily. But rarely do we age with intent. Four years ago in 2009, only mustered three posts in March. There was no five-a-day blogging.

Today is the 1,430th day in a row blog posting five-a-day. For real.

This month jeff noel is encouraging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It’s a breeze to go from this spiritual health blog to the money (career) blog, just click -> go to Next Blog