I did it!
Except for getting behind a couple of times and having to quadruple days once, I caught up and completed this series.
I’m now 31 days older now, and I don’t care.
I’ve learned that living too much in the past gets old and worrying too much about the future steals hope.
That to live in the now is how to live now.
Thanks for hanging with me and note that the entire series can be found here.
One thing I don’t think we touched on is the role of humor and the importance of laughter in healing and aging gracefully.
So I leave you with these few words.
“[Humor] keeps [the elderly] rolling along, singing a song.
When you laugh, it’s an involuntary explosion of the lungs.
The lungs need to replenish themselves with oxygen.
So you laugh, you breathe, the blood runs, and everything is circulating.
If you don’t laugh, you’ll die”.
~Mel Brooks as quoted in “Age doesn’t matter unless you’re a cheese.”
Love me some Mel Brooks – perfect way to end this grand series, Sandy. Thank you!
I think I needed to read this… I’m 55 now, and it was a hard one for me. Thanks so much for your encouraging comment on my guest post at Imperfect Prose. It meant a lot.
Now I’m hungry for cheese….
Oh we do need laughter. I’ve loved this series Sandy. I think it is part of the aging process, this learning to live in the now. We’ve seen too much to press into tomorrow. One day at a time.
Ohhh this is so GREAT Sandy! I’m so sorry I missed this but I got it bookmarked now to come back and read all 31 Days! I’m sure I need it more than you! Congratulations in completing 31 Days! How very true about humor and this is just what I needed today!
Thanks!
I came here via Michele R.’s not the Nester although I did this also on the blog I’m linked to which is not my main blog! Since I just celebrated a birthday in October that is over that 55 mark… I definitely need this quote and this series!!! I’ll be back!
Have a blessed weekend!
Peggy