In old age we should wish still to have passions strong enough to prevent us turning in on ourselves. — Simone de Beauvoir. After my fall, my hospital stay, and my recent milestone birthday I have given aging a lot of thought. Maria Popova writes today about how to “honor the unfolding of life without a…
Slow It Down
Tragedy can strike in an instant, recovery requires patience. One thing I learned after my fall is that it doesn’t take but a second to injure oneself, but building back one takes time and work. My therapist gave me some good advice at my last session. He told me that each time I started the…
Acceptance
As we mature when learn to accept certain aspects of life. When the doctors told me that I would never play football again, and my NFL prospects had been cut short. it took me a good while to accept what I knew to be true. The other night I thought of the many times that…
Spiritual PT
I wrote a wonderful Pew right before bed. Too bad I didn’t put it down on paper ( I wrote it in my head). I’ve been trying to resurrect it all morning to no avail. Hopefully it will come back. So you are stuck with a random thought I had. After my fall, I spent…
Are You Receptive?
The word “receptive” has more meaning than being open or open-minded. You see, hear, taste, or feel something and you take it in. One of the many things I love about Suzy is she is receptive. She takes in a new word, an article in the NY Times, or a work of art and it…