11th Jan
11th January 25
Healing
I have always been a person who loves to have fun. I’m sure everyone is! Who doesn’t like fun? But I have come to the conclusion that getting older is not much fun at all. It’s something nobody can avoid unfortunately.
Don’t get me wrong – it does have its good points. You have more memories to look back on whether good or bad, you have learnt through life experiences, you are wiser (well should be anyway) and you get to watch your children grow and become parents themselves.
What I don’t like are all the aches and pains you get. It’s harder to get off a sofa, when you sit down for too long you stiffen up. I have noticed it also takes longer to heal.
Back in the summer I was away and I was trying to take down one of those big patio umbrellas that shade you. It was one of those with the arm that swings out to the side. As I was pulling it down the pole the arm came down with such force that it trapped my hand between the pole and the arm. Suffice to say I screamed really loud! I’m sure my friend who was with me still has ringing in her ears from it.
Here we are 6 months later and my hand is still giving me grief. I remember when I was younger healing time would be quite quick but now I notice it takes so much longer.
Here I am this year on a journey of healing my mind – I know it’s not the same as physical healing but I can imagine that the same applies mentally too.
The older you get the more memories you have and the more scars and injuries can occur from those memories. I feel we just need to give ourselves time to heal, not be too hard on ourselves and remember the good times.
Another thing my Dad said when I saw him was you can’t change yesterday, your not promised tomorrow, all we have is today. So I say let today be a good one and let the healing commence
