It’s much easier looking into the window of someone else’s concern
than looking in the mirror at your own chaos.
Now that analogy can make you do some somersaults as it is not quite the
normal way of saying “don’t throw stones in a glass house”. That is how my mind works some days, jumbled
but seeking the order which I know is somewhere in the misty depth of my brain.
Retirement can be a double edged sword when it comes to
thinking. My readers will recall that I
set out in late winter, early spring working on my thinking by using the
wonderful little book “Jumpstart Your Thinking” which indeed worked wonders
until, you know, Mother Nature created bitter chaos in my chosen summer pursuit. At least, that is the excuse I kept giving
myself as I failed to write, I failed to keep up my daily Bible reading
(playing catchup every Sunday) and mundane things like exercise fell through a
very large chasm.
So here is what I know for sure, one must first and foremost cut one’s
self some slack. A must. Then one needs to understand what exactly is
crippling the mind and causing all this stuck-ness which in turn is making one
feel guilty. It will be a different
answer for everyone but at some point one must pull out the handy metaphorical
mirror and examine one’s own troubles.
Without overcome this profound dullness of the mind it is impossible to
have a joyous, meaningful life.
Retirement (and life) should not be humdrum or doleful. Mother Nature or a bad work situation should
not cripple a person’s overall lifestyle and only you, yes, you, can fix
it. No white knight or holy savior will
fix things for you. The onus to discover
the problem and the cure rests squarely on one’s own shoulders.
Oh, but the world can be heavy some days but recognition of what
life has been and will be again is like a sip of cool water. Refreshing to behold. And then, go break that mirror and get on
with it Girl!
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