Lately in this life of getting old or older, it has dawned on me that I need to start - no - stop thinking about wanting or hoping for things or experiences that will never be. Many are because physically I couldn't and really wouldn't want to do them anymore anyway. Such as if I ever get to take my family to the Grand Canyon - I don't really want to do the trail ride all the way down and back again. Way too strenuous for these old bones to even contemplate what's more actually do. I would love to see the pyramids or the great Egyptian sphinx but if the walk is what it looks like in pictures than I don't really want to make the trek to get that close - now a cruise down the Nile would be nice.
Because of this phase of my life being one with no money to do any of those things or much else for that matter. I have been thinking a lot lately about "giving up the ideas" of them all as they race through my mind from time to time. This is not easy - at least for me - I have been a "pie in the sky" dreamer since early childhood and have never really changed that much. Still the days seem to go so much faster now and years are literally blowing by as quickly as a tornado and so I even think about time to read all the books I want to read. Maybe I need to choose them more specifically so that I will at least have read the ones I wanted to read the most. I think the same when it comes to the way I spend time every day and the many decisions that come up - is that as important or as necessary to do or experience or "finish" as it used to be.
Young or old - we have this in common - life is very challenging. It helps to have an almighty God in control and a Holy Spirit to comfort, teach and lead every step along the way. It helps to love my Savior, Jesus Christ, more than anything else and to strive to make Him the center of it all. This really can make giving up or putting aside or putting off or putting away for good many things. And in the midst of it all - it is nice to know - that life is still good and definitely worth living.
