Coming Full Circle
Monday, August 31, 2015
According to my health ap on my iPhone6, this morning, I walked 8,143 steps or about 3.2 miles. I will do another mile or 2 miles later in the afternooon when the day temperature isn't 112 and the sun isn't as hot. I am really looking forward to the fall season. My goal is to walk at least 10,000 steps every day. Some days I accomplish it and some days I fall short. But I try to walk every day. I have been walking every day for about 10 years. I don't do the10 k's or the 1/2 marathons that I used to do in the late 1970's and 1980's. My grandson looks at me and can't believe that I used to run that far. I showed him the t-shirt where I broke 50 minutes for a 10K. But then I take out my other event t-shirts and show him the tags on the shirts and he becomes a believer. "Grandson, I was't always this age?"
If you don't have a dog, I would recommend getting a small dog. I have a 10 year old 1/2 Shitsu and 1/2 Yorkie that is one true love. I tell people that she is the one that keeps me walking. Every morning she starts barking and wants to go do her thing. I know that I have to take her out or she is not going to leave me alone. She has a special place where she does her thing. I can thank her for keeping me walking and healthy. Dogs are also great company. We recently adopted another dog that might be a big Chihuahua. Great dog too, now I have 2 dogs that bark at me in the morning. Time to go.
Do you think we come full circle when we appraoch our 60's and 70's? I remember this quote and I am not sure who said it. The quote goes like this, "Youth is for learning; middle age is for doing; old age is for enjoying." How would you interpret this? Have I come full circle. Can I say that I am at an age, some people might say old age, where I am given a rare opportunity to learn new things and to really, really enjoy this age that I am transitioning into. Is this the age where I can do those things, to learn those things that I wasn't able to do when I was younger. Am I, have we entered, will enter a second childhood. Let me give you an example; I used to love photography when I was young. I was 12 years old and I was a member of the Douglas Camera Club. Remember that group? Everyone was white, old and retired and they accepted me at the meeting. I must have looked funny sitting there in the middle of all those old people. The club had a big, expensive photo enlarger and they would let me use it during their monthly meetings. They would give tips on how to take better pictures. I used to love photography but my mother didn't have the money for an enlarger or any fancy equipment. So I would use our bathroom for a dark room. I would plug up all the holes in the walls, put my red light bulb and develop my film and do contact printing. This is when I was 12 years old. I never lost my love for photography. I recently decided to pursue that love and bought me a new Nikon D5300. Wow, what a camera! I just might post some of my pictures on this site. Now the big questions is what other activities would I like to learn that I was not able to learn when I was young, maybe I would like to learn to play the piano. My 12 year old granddaughter can give me lessons and I can learn to play something simple like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" or maybe, "Alla En El Rancho
Grande."
Stay healthy my friends!
According to my health ap on my iPhone6, this morning, I walked 8,143 steps or about 3.2 miles. I will do another mile or 2 miles later in the afternooon when the day temperature isn't 112 and the sun isn't as hot. I am really looking forward to the fall season. My goal is to walk at least 10,000 steps every day. Some days I accomplish it and some days I fall short. But I try to walk every day. I have been walking every day for about 10 years. I don't do the10 k's or the 1/2 marathons that I used to do in the late 1970's and 1980's. My grandson looks at me and can't believe that I used to run that far. I showed him the t-shirt where I broke 50 minutes for a 10K. But then I take out my other event t-shirts and show him the tags on the shirts and he becomes a believer. "Grandson, I was't always this age?"
If you don't have a dog, I would recommend getting a small dog. I have a 10 year old 1/2 Shitsu and 1/2 Yorkie that is one true love. I tell people that she is the one that keeps me walking. Every morning she starts barking and wants to go do her thing. I know that I have to take her out or she is not going to leave me alone. She has a special place where she does her thing. I can thank her for keeping me walking and healthy. Dogs are also great company. We recently adopted another dog that might be a big Chihuahua. Great dog too, now I have 2 dogs that bark at me in the morning. Time to go.
Do you think we come full circle when we appraoch our 60's and 70's? I remember this quote and I am not sure who said it. The quote goes like this, "Youth is for learning; middle age is for doing; old age is for enjoying." How would you interpret this? Have I come full circle. Can I say that I am at an age, some people might say old age, where I am given a rare opportunity to learn new things and to really, really enjoy this age that I am transitioning into. Is this the age where I can do those things, to learn those things that I wasn't able to do when I was younger. Am I, have we entered, will enter a second childhood. Let me give you an example; I used to love photography when I was young. I was 12 years old and I was a member of the Douglas Camera Club. Remember that group? Everyone was white, old and retired and they accepted me at the meeting. I must have looked funny sitting there in the middle of all those old people. The club had a big, expensive photo enlarger and they would let me use it during their monthly meetings. They would give tips on how to take better pictures. I used to love photography but my mother didn't have the money for an enlarger or any fancy equipment. So I would use our bathroom for a dark room. I would plug up all the holes in the walls, put my red light bulb and develop my film and do contact printing. This is when I was 12 years old. I never lost my love for photography. I recently decided to pursue that love and bought me a new Nikon D5300. Wow, what a camera! I just might post some of my pictures on this site. Now the big questions is what other activities would I like to learn that I was not able to learn when I was young, maybe I would like to learn to play the piano. My 12 year old granddaughter can give me lessons and I can learn to play something simple like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" or maybe, "Alla En El Rancho
Grande."
Stay healthy my friends!
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