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| Holiday…can you tell? |
This month I was another year older. My ambivalence towards ageing increases with each year that passes.
But the holiday was a chance to relax and drink in another perspective.
And also forget.
So I did.
Read the block of text below and have a think about what emerges.
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| Onward to victory… |
Oct 01: Being autocratic leads to inflexibility and an inability to deal with life’s inherent flexibility.
Oct 02: The need to control everything isn’t far off being permanently stubborn.
Oct 03: Ageing is inevitable. So is attempting to deny it.
Oct 04: The more at-home-with I am with where I am, the easier life becomes.
Oct 05: Comprehending my numerical age and my sense of my self is the challenge of growing old.
Oct 06: My age in years is different from my age in experience.
Oct 07: The whole is changed by the sum of its parts.
Oct 08: My self is not constrained by my age in years.
Oct 09: Chronological age is not consistently linked with maturity, wisdom or knowledge.
Oct 10: People want to contribute to me more than I let them or realise.
Oct 11: Those I give respect to and listen to know my capabilities better than me.
Oct 12: I am always committed to something.
Oct 13: I am not always conscious to what I give myself to.
Oct 14: It’s easier to moan about life than appreciate the good things.
Oct 15: Appreciate, participate and grow. Close down, shy away and shrink.
Oct 16: Everything can alter, change and shift in a moment.
Oct 17: Everything runs its course.
Oct 18: Uncertainty and ambiguity is a bigger challenge than finality and inevitability.
Oct 19: There’s no going back. Why would I want to?
Oct 20: Change perspective to allow space for growth.
Oct 21: I can absorb any shock to my system as long as I let it out.
Oct 22: Enjoying life doesn’t have to be difficult. Neither does getting the results.
Oct 23: Time away can only rest and refresh with a commitment to resting and refreshment.
Oct 24: Doing nothing is more challenging than we initially realise.
Oct 25: We all require different levels of stimulation.
Oct 26: Inside can be as stimulating as outside.
Oct 27: Speaking another language, living in another country or having another culture doesn’t obscure the fact we’re all human.
Oct 28: Some things connect us beyond language.
Oct 29: Anything can open your mind.
Oct 30: Understand the past, gain awareness in the present then create the future. But know that there are an infinite number of versions of the past.
Oct 31: Lie about the past and it makes no difference in the present. The future’s made up anyway.
Oct 31: There’s always a different way to look at things.
James D'Souza 