It has been a couple of weeks since I put my fingers to the keys and tapped. Well here I am back again and doing what I love. I am yet to carry my laptop around with me and tap in my thoughts and feelings. I go and sit in a coffee shop and still get out my pen and paper and write.
Tonight I was watching the TV which I do not do very often. The topic that caught my attention was about baby boomers wanting to be young and youthful. Now I am one of these baby boomers and so listened with interest. Yes I do take supplements and have done for many years. I have always believed that I am responsible for my own being and that means physically, mentally and spiritually. Keeping physically active, whether it be walking, swimming, going to the gym or any other form of physical exercise is important for our wellbeing. I know that I can become a little lazy at times and think it is too cold, too wet, too hot, or I am not in the mood to do some form of physical exercise. It is so easy to stay in my little comfort zone and then I wonder why I am not feeling very enthusiastic about life. Giving myself a reminder that I have not been walking and enjoying nature or jumping on my trampoline is part of my reason for not feeling balanced. The food that we put into our bodies is important also. If I eat foods that do not nourish my body then I feel lethargic and have no energy. Sometimes it is easy to have a pizza but the next day I suffer the consequences. We know what is right for us. Each one of us is different and we need to tune into what is perfect for us. There is so much written about what we should and should not do, but remember that you know what is right for you. Listen to your own body.
It is also important to keep our minds stimulated and to let go of our rigid beliefs and rules that are well past their expiry date. Times change and we need to change how we view life. I feel blessed for being on Planet Earth and living through this era of great change. What is new today is obsolete tomorrow. I am still ten years behind with the computers, televisions, mobiles but they are part of my life. If something goes wrong when I am typing a post, as it did on a previous post and I lost it only to discover it a few weeks later in the edit post. Well I did not know how to move it but somehow it ended out on the blog not completely finished. Does it really matter because it is not about being perfect in everything we do. What is more important is to enjoy the journey and have fun. Life really is too short to take it too seriously. We are here to grow and evolve and that does not mean that we need to lose interest in life as we age. Actually we can continue to be mentally alert even if it may take some of us longer to understand all these gadgets today. I am actually referring to myself as I know there are many baby boomers who are very clued up about all this modern technology. I am one of those more right brained people who find it a challenge to learn these things.
Each one of us has our own spiritual belief and it is important for us to follow what is right for us. To live our own truth and allowing others to live theirs. To set time aside daily for meditation, prayer, contemplation or whatever resonates with your own being allows one to be more at peace within.
Today there is not the gap between generations as there was a few generations ago. For me I am just as comfortable spending time with people in their twenties as I am spending time with people in their eighties and nineties. Age is irrelevant but that does not mean I have to look like I am in my twenties, thirties or forties. I am to love myself for who I am and accept the changes to my body as I age.
Baby boomers is only a word and really why should I think of myself as a baby boomer. I am part of this magnificent universe and what is important is that I live my life with love and allow myself to shine from within. There is still much I have to learn and I still have much to give. I am to accept that I will age and that my wrinkles are lines of wisdom. What I have learnt over the years in time becomes wisdom for me to impart to others.
Wise Owl signs off now with the message - we are to accept aging gracefully and know that true beauty shines from within.
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