Growing Old Gracefully??

Growing Old Gracefully??

by: Shi Cheverie

Ok ok ok I admit it. I’m not 26!! I’m 26 for a second time around and oh, by-the-way, I’m not really 5’ tall either, I’m 10’ tall. Yes, half the age and twice the height, it suits me just fine thank you. ( I seem to have repeated that a few times but, Oh well, pssst I’m actually 52 with sometimers) I have been told that I should, like any lady, “grow old gracefully” Uhhhmmm what does that statement mean? Does it mean that I should start to get out the rocking chair and knit? Does it mean that I should look back into my music and remember the music of my “youth” Not so much. This is a blog about me!!

Growing Old GracefullyIt has taken me a long time to grow this young and I am not willing to give it up without kicking and screaming, dancing and having fun all the way back to old. I’m not talking about dressing age inappropriate, nor doing things that are termed immature. What I am talking about, is living my life in the now to the best of my funability. Growing old is not exactly an option, you are going to get older no matter what. Somehow, I have no idea how, with every second of the day we age. What I do know is that, people grow older but, we have choices. We have choices to do less, care less, and be less and most people do for that matter. They have talked themselves into believing they are too tired, don’t have enough time, have seen enough or done enough. Poppy cock!! Life is about the living, it is about discovering or doing something new each and every day.

Try rediscovering yourself. We can change our diets, start exercising, start exercising our minds, change your hair do, and find the new improved and very experienced you. Believe me, this is fun. Once you start on your journey of growing old the way you want, you will find many along the way. I’m just a baby baby boomer and there are many of us that are ready to retire from careers and not from work or life. We see the changes and challenges as fun, exhilarating and rejuvenating.

Have any of you listened to today’s music? If not, why not? It’s fun, it’s fresh and you can enjoy the old and the new. My kids think I am a total lunatic at times, with the tunes cranked in the kitchen dancing away as I make dinner but, their friends all wish their mom was more like me. We’re not talking about teenage kids either here. My kids have grown and left and now have kids of their own. Yes, Grammy cranks the tunes up and dances with her grandbabies. Nothing is better to hear... “Grammy can we do it again”

In short, I am short, and life is too short. Do yourself a favor and grow young again as soon as your kids leave the house. Enjoy not only life but yourself. Rich or poor it’s a mind set and there is no getting out of this life alive but there is a way to have fun and feel incredible all the way to the end.

Have a funtazmagorical day and Always Keep the Faith.

Shi