Wonderings

It must be a case of feeling nostalgic or something;  I watched that old movie "13 going on 30" and it got me to thinking about my youth, and now my so called golden years.

Why is it that when we're in our teens we're so anxious to skip it all and be grown up?

And then when we're all grown up, we look back on the things we did, or the things we skipped from our childhood and wonder where that fun-loving kid went to?

Personally, I'm an old soul, so I've always felt as if I'm much older than my years. But I still can remember wanting to skip all the teen age stuff.  Here in Arizona we have on-line schools for kids in high school and if I was a kid now?  That'd be the way to go for me.  I was always one for doing my studies and skipping out on all the social activities that come with being in High School.  Even my Junior and Senior proms were events that were a "must do" kind of thing.  When you're not into the rest fo the social stuff, going to prom exacerbated the feeling that you don't fit in because you don't share the same memories and events as the rest of your peers.

In looking back now, I can see that I should have been more involved in things; it might have pulled out some of the good characteristics one gains from that, and made me less of a shy person.

Then again, maybe not.  And because that teenage chapter in life was so long ago, pulling that back out again at my age ... well, probably not.   But maybe I should!  Adding a little youngster-like fun might work --- as long as there are modifications made!    I can't see myself grabbing a jump rope and doing a little "skip to my lou";  falling down at my age could break a hip, a leg or an ankle!

I think we could all do with a little bit of the wonder we felt when we saw something that amazed us.  I try to create that with my photos, but there are other ways as well:

A little more laughter,
taking ourselves a little less seriously.
Skipping that last chore of the evening
to watch a gorgeous sunset.
Setting an alarm on our day off
to watch the sun change the sky
from indigo to pink to bright.
A walk in nature
A simple Sunday drive to nowhere and back
Blow some bubbles
Kick off your shoes and walk barefoot in the grass


Even if you can't do all of them, try for one or two a week,
and see what a difference it makes in your life!