December
OLD
“Growing old isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.”—Maurice Chevalier
What is the alternative? Not to change! To stay rooted in adolescence, youth, middle-age or whatever. Not to age is not to live, not to experience and not to grow spiritually.
An aspect of age, for which I am beginning to be grateful, is “comparison”; today I am able to look at the past and see the benefits of the present. Growth is measurable only through the tunnel of age. I suppose my fear of age is my basic fear of the “unknown” ; fear of “unmanageability” and “powerlessness”.
These words remind me of the spiritual program that teaches me to confidently place my life in the loving arms of God. If I am responsible in life, I will be responsible in old age.
Teach me to use the spiritual perspective that comes with the gift of age.
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