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One word. Five minutes to write about it. This is the idea behind Five Minute Friday and this is today's free-writing post.
young at heart
as young as you feel
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Sometimes I'm not sure I am acting my age. I'm not always sure exactly how someone my age should act but I wonder if I'm less mature than I ought to be.
It's positive sometimes and rather negative at other times. I'm not proud of myself when I do something dumb or react childishly. I'm old enough to know better and I have been for a long time, so I don't have much excuse for that. Sometimes I feel unsure or out of my depth in situations and I am almost embarrassed that a woman of my age doesn't know how to do whatever it is. It's weird to be in my fifties and yet feel like I'm the inexperienced novice in a room. That's not necessarily a bad thing, because it can help keep me humble!
Now I think there's a difference between acting childishly and being young at heart. I think that anyone can have a youthful attitude and outlook on life, no matter how many birthdays they've celebrated. That is the kind of young that is a positive thing even when we're getting older.
I hope I'm never 'too mature' to laugh out loud or to have fun. I hope I'm never 'too old' to learn or try new things. I want to always remember what it's like to be young and full of hopes and dreams and energy, and have a lot of uncertainty and trepidation too. I want to remember that so I can be understanding and patient with the young people in my life. No matter how old I get, I'll continue to hold on to God with childlike trust. Stay young at heart - young enough to delight in simple things.
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Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being's heart a love of wonder; the sweet amazement at the stars and starlike things and thoughts; the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what comes next, and the joy in the game of life. ~Samuel Ullman
Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride, nor your humility be without wisdom. ~Saint Augustine
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5 comments:
Old enough to yeah, know better,
my heart still yearns to zoom
like an untrained Irish Setter,
the novice in the room.
Not for me the hoary head,
and the measured smile,
and my time will knock 'em dead
in a measured mile.
Perhaps there should be grace of age,
and hard-won dignity,
but I am on the racers' page,
and will have victory.
Eternal youth, it has me cursed,
but second place is loser's first.
me too Kym, Me too. Let me never be too old to be young. :) Visiting from FMF 17
I often find myself feeling embarrassed...that I am acting silly/childish. But - great question! How is someone my age supposed to act?? Hmmm -
Lovely post and that is one of my favorite scripture verses. Followed you for FMF. I feel like I'm just to old to figure out how to use ZOOM. The only Zoom I know is the PBS children's show from my childhood back in the 70s and then again from the late 90s-2000s that my girls used to watch.
I used Zoom for the first time two days ago and honestly it made me feel young again and not like the dinosaur who knows nothing about technology.
Lovely post. I share some of the same feelings. I have been told I am a child, at heart. I do not think that will ever change.
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