Intro to Aging Reflections

I suppose by now most readers realize I am no youth but somewhat advanced in life. Recently I read a book, Rich in Years, by Johann C. Arnold, Plough Publishing House, that has helped me to understand more of my feelings about aging as I am experiencing it. Probably the best book I have read on the subject. Then coming onto a number of writings of the past 6 years as I was moving into this stage of life, I considered sharing with my blog audience a bit of what has happened to me. 

Clearly, every stage of life has its emphasis, but in all, it helps to have a kind of humor about our self-consciousness of our current stage of aging. Aging, of course, begins at birth. I suppose we idealize aging in early life and have second thought somewhere after middle age. Clearly a sense of humor is useful in accepting our “Senior Moments” and I am making a collection of my own.

So following are some of my ramblings as I reflected on where I was going the past years. These were written in the context of living in Belize with many visitors at our house daily, both children and youth especially. They do not reflect where I am in the 2+ years since we retired from Belize. I am still finding my way in retirement and need to consider what that means. So when you breeze through these next writings, smile, (and think) because you will go through some real changes in your life if you keep breathing long enough. If you detect some some instability, well, maintaining balance can be a challenge in aging in more ways than one.