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A Fresh Start in my Golden Years
A Fresh Start in my Golden Years Golden Years
I am enjoying my Golden Years not because I deserve them, but because of God’s Grace I can fulfill my destiny that He so graciously has given me.
I must apologize for not writing sooner. There are many new faces that have appeared on this network and I wish to welcome them.
Although I have weathered the storm of colon cancer which I have written about in my second book and now have a battle with a progressive skin cancer, nothing floored me more than to loose my best friend to cancer last March.
With God’s help I have laid down my pen sort to speak and have done nothing to publish my next book or write in my blogs. I have taken time off and have thrown myself into renovations on my home. It has given me a fresh outlook and I expect to write again this fall.
Human nature being what it is some of us have always been concerned about the years ahead. We would like to know what the future would bring. There is a fear of the future with the sickness or death of a loved one. We look in the mirror and see this face looking back at us, and say wow I am getting old. Getting old has never bothered me having limitations on physical fitness does. But with God’s Grace we overcome the obstacles that lie ahead.
When I retired I had little skills to work on a computer, I certainly was not an advanced user. I had never published a book or poem, and heavens, sending them off on my computer to a publisher I would cringe at the thought.
Being of modest means, I did not have the funds to hire someone to program my website, or to invest in the many programs that are on the internet that cover every range or topic that anyone can imagine. The qualities that I did have being retired, I had the time, I had the faith that I could do all things through Christ who strengthens me, I had an abundance of patience and humor up to a point, and I was persistent.
The message I am trying to send to you is you are never too old or to unlearned to start something new, and do not be afraid to make mistakes. You can not hurt your computer. You can certainly confuse it. Some might disagree on this point. You might loose everything and have to reprogram but think of it as starting a new page or a new book. I am having the time of my life and you can too.
I once wrote as I continue in my so-called Golden Years and plagued by one illness after another I am often reminded of the lyrics in the song One Day at a Time written by Jeff Barry and sung by Cristy Lane. What more could one ask for?
I am enjoying my Golden Years not because I deserve them, but because of God’s Grace I can fulfill my destiny that He so graciously has given me.
I must apologize for not writing sooner. There are many new faces that have appeared on this network and I wish to welcome them.
Although I have weathered the storm of colon cancer which I have written about in my second book and now have a battle with a progressive skin cancer, nothing floored me more than to loose my best friend to cancer last March.
With God’s help I have laid down my pen sort to speak and have done nothing to publish my next book or write in my blogs. I have taken time off and have thrown myself into renovations on my home. It has given me a fresh outlook and I expect to write again this fall.
Human nature being what it is some of us have always been concerned about the years ahead. We would like to know what the future would bring. There is a fear of the future with the sickness or death of a loved one. We look in the mirror and see this face looking back at us, and say wow I am getting old. Getting old has never bothered me having limitations on physical fitness does. But with God’s Grace we overcome the obstacles that lie ahead.
When I retired I had little skills to work on a computer, I certainly was not an advanced user. I had never published a book or poem, and heavens, sending them off on my computer to a publisher I would cringe at the thought.
Being of modest means, I did not have the funds to hire someone to program my website, or to invest in the many programs that are on the internet that cover every range or topic that anyone can imagine. The qualities that I did have being retired, I had the time, I had the faith that I could do all things through Christ who strengthens me, I had an abundance of patience and humor up to a point, and I was persistent.
The message I am trying to send to you is you are never too old or to unlearned to start something new, and do not be afraid to make mistakes. You can not hurt your computer. You can certainly confuse it. Some might disagree on this point. You might loose everything and have to reprogram but think of it as starting a new page or a new book. I am having the time of my life and you can too.
I once wrote as I continue in my so-called Golden Years and plagued by one illness after another I am often reminded of the lyrics in the song One Day at a Time written by Jeff Barry and sung by Cristy Lane. What more could one ask for?
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Comment by Patricia Compton on August 3, 2008 at 1:22am - Thanks for sharing. That was inspiring to read. I too am nearly at my golden years, and hope that I will not fail the coming tests to come.
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