Exactly,Sunny..my Mom is 89..and she suffers with pain from arthritis,but she still finds joy in her kids,grandkids,and her faith..small things,like watching the birds at her bird feeder,and the squirrels trying to launch attacks at it,make her laugh..so hang in there,folks..
I smile as I read the above posts. I am amongst the elders of the Ka-Tet, at 71 and 3/4. I have to disagree with Cori. My childhood was not a happy as Sunny's, but I had grandparents who gave me unconditional love and taught me so much about the world. Immigrants who made a new life in America. They worked hard and enjoyed and appreciated every moment of life- the good and the bad. My parents were very strict and always expect more.
The one thing I had to learn was that self matters. You can not please all the people all the time, and if you try, you give up part of your true self. It took my many years to realize that fact. If one does not like the way things are going- change the way you look at those things, and they will change. You are never too old/ or young to change your thoughts.
If one looks to the positives in life, life becomes better. You attract what you put out. Many look for this word" Happiness" often forgetting that there is no path to happiness: happiness is the path. Nothing is impossible in life. It might seem unreachable, but you can not give up. Just reach further.
And yes, I have more years behind me than in front of me, but I intend to use very possible minute to enjoy life. Yes, there are crap days and things to worry about and never enough funds. It is all in the way I chose the handle these events.
my parents lived a life of "what if", I chose to live a life in the now. Don't die with the musical still in you!