A Penny for your thoughts.

Dodging bullets as we are racing through moments in time. Carly Simon said it best.
“All those crazy nights when I cried myself to sleep,
Now melodrama never makes me weep anymore.
Cause I haven’t got time for the pain.
Haven’t got room for the pain.”

As upperclassmen tapping into the adage “older is wiser,” we are more challenged by change of any kind. Change seems to come in 3’s at rapid fire speed.

When we were younger and they discontinued the lipstick color we wore ( Revlon coffee bean) we would just shop for a close match. B. A. ( before Amazon) when walking into stores was done on the daily.

As kids, when our parents yelled up to our room from downstairs to lower the volume as we spun our 45’s and sang out loud to every word of “Johnny Angel,” we wondered what the fuss was. Now we raise the volume so we don’t miss a word. You with me?

With less steadiness and more trepidation as time marches on we find ourselves moving more slowly. Our mantra -We cannot fall.
Getting up from the floor after assisting a grandchild with an art project was never a hold on we can do this activity. In knee jerk fashion we would sprint up. Now we groan as our knee jerks.

Who remembers wearing silk stockings with bold seams down the back? The fashion statement looked best when the seams were straight and balanced on both legs. Now we find merely balancing both legs our challenge.

A few years back we had one physician, once a year, who checked everything. Now we have a rolodex of doctors with notes of follow up appointments to check- well just about everything.

The palette as we know it has changed. It’s part of the deal. We are cool with different, just not accustomed to so many new obstacles.
We learn quickly bemoaning our fate zaps our energy, to be sad, is not to be productive.
We preserve our energy in case we need to walk up a flight of steps to the hearing dept. on the second floor. Oy a Gantseh Megillah.

So for today let’s brush away the flies at our picnic. Chose the players at our proverbial table wisely. If you find a heads up penny pick it up, hope the luck begins and you make it up from retrieving it in one piece. Have a Great Day!