Get a Grip!

    Let’s take a moment and venture to a side thought that I have been considering for some time now.  A point of thought so we can get more to the positive side and leave all the negativity behind.

     There comes a time in a person’s life when you begin to think back on all the things you used to do and you can no longer do them.  This may be a many variety of things and I am not about to try and list what YOUR list may consist of.  However, I think you know what I’m talking about.

     Get a Grip!  These are the times when we need to stop looking at all the things we can no longer do and become more concentrated on the things we CAN DO!  Of course, I’m not talking about circumstances that may come about due to accidents, or disease, or other things over which we do not have very much control.  I’m talking about the everyday things that become more difficult or impossible merely because we are getting older.

     Most people don’t realize that there are many places in their local communities where they can volunteer for a few hours each week in a great many locations.  You may be surprised at the places that may be available for you to spend a few hours helping others with their needs.  By doing this you not only help them, but you help yourself as well.

     Now before you get the idea that it is only older people who have this problem with finding what they can do instead of what they can’t, listen to me for a few more moments.  You know that there are many of a younger age that begin to feel that they can no longer do the things they once could.  This may be because they have moved to a new location, maybe there has been a change in their family situation: their parents have divorced or perhaps there is a new baby in the family that now takes more time from their parents.  Again there can be wide range of such things that may be the cause of their feelings.

     Have you ever had to start a new school in a new city?  Perhaps it wasn’t you who moved but your friends have moved to other cities and now you need to “start over” as it were to get a new set of “buds” at your school.  Maybe you’ve enjoyed stopping at Grandmas after school for cookies or pie and now Grandma is no longer to do this activity with you.

     WHATEVER your changed circumstances, continue to look at what you can do and not at what is no longer available for you.  You may learn a secret about yourself:  You enjoy helping other people!  It makes you feel good!  You may ever learn that you enjoy doing those new things as much (or maybe more) than you enjoyed the former things.  So, get a grip!  Start enjoying new things in your life everyday.

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"Wake up each day with love in your heart,

then spread it around during the day."