AM I OLD IF I THINK I'M YOUNG AT HEART - NO!

I have decided to try to continue my living life while getting older and older blog with a new twist. First I want to be more regular. Second I want to sort of let it be my ongoing talking to "myself" which I do all the time and have as long as I can remember.  People think this odd, but in my case I have always and still am talking directly to God, my Abba Father, Jesus, my dear Lord and Savior and to the Holy Spirit that dwells within me.  I talk to Him because the Lord said He would come as our comforter and teacher and guide.  I am always needing any and all of these things on a minute by minute daily basis, therefore my talking is pretty incessant at times.

I was talking to a younger person the other day about how she doesn't understand that even though we know we are "aging" we are not "thinking" of ourselves as old.  Such as I am in my 70's and a friend who had knee surgery, hip replacement, clavicle shoulder surgery asked if I ever had any aches or pains.  And at that time I thanked the Dear Lord and said "no."  Now, just a few months later I am having this dull ache in my left leg and my left foot seems too weak to step up first.

But in spite of "feeling" old or "looking" old - which I definitely do in any mirror I happen to glance at, my mind has never "thought" of myself as aging or being old.  I can still enjoy looking at a young handsome man.  I still love the Hallmark romance movies, especially when they hold hands or kiss, because even though I have been divorced and never loved by a man,  I still adore romance, marriage, the wonder of intimacy between men and women and the whole, I believe, miracle of TRUE LOVE.

My point today is just to thank the Dear Lord for letting my old age be fairly healthy, very happy and a little independent.  It is also blessed and I mean the pouring rain showers of blessings every day.  I would love to live to see my 100th birthday if I could keep feeling this well and active and compos mentas (sound mind).  And I hope to always never ever "think" of myself as old or even getting older.  Though I don't want to ignore celebrating birthdays so that's a problem well maybe not.  I'll just enjoy them anyway.