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How do you accept change as you age?
Aging Well | Last Active: Nov 7, 2020 | Replies (277)Comment receiving replies
Hi, @IndianaScott Napa is a beauty! Thank you for posing your question.
I was deeply offended when my body and mind began the conflict over what I could and could no longer do as well. It has taken me some time to recognize that this frolicking 30 yr old mind resides inside a 76 yr old bod. Irritating and often frustrating to say the least ...vbg However, now that I am becoming more accepting of the 76 yr old's dominance, I work to be grateful for what I can still accomplish, albeit with far more sit down breaks than before.
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Hi @fiesty76 Thanks for the kind words about Napa. Just took her to the Veterinarian for 'curbside service' for her annual rabies shot 🙂
Yes, acceptance is often hard to achieve. In my case I had a hard slap to the face with this when my wife received her brain cancer diagnosis. I had no choice but to accept the often overwhelming changes in our lives. I quickly realized it was accept or be a very miserable human being who was not fully helping my wife. I also became more aware that I was carrying the easier part of the burden, in that it was my wife who was facing her own death. This made me immediately more accepting of life's changes that I ever had been before.
@fiesty76 well put I love that saying can I borrow it? My Mind and Body don't agree either.
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I so enjoy your phrase,@fiesty76, "I was deeply offended when my body and mind began the conflict over what I could and could no longer do as well."
I can certainly identify with that struggle! You are right, gratefulness is definitely the antidote to that struggle.
Thank you once again for articulating this so well for many of us!