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The Friday Exhale: 5 Thoughts on the Week

Hi there! Welcome once again to our quirky, fun, personal assortment of odds and ends that have percolated through and added flavour to our lives this week.

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What do you do with old mugs you like, but whose handles have broken off? Do you throw them away? or do you repurpose them? For me, it depends on the mug. Some have a brief moment on stage and then disappear behind the curtain or into the charity bag or the garbage can. These two are a reminder of the radical change in my life’s journey when I decided to “dare to be different” and brave and go to university at 40. Now they sit beside my green pens, which are another reminder of how my life was transformed. – Maria

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10 Thoughts at 64: Finding Balance, Perspective and Gratefulness

I couldn’t write about being 64 without including this song. Plus, it was on the Sgt. Pepper’s album, which was released in 1967!

Am I the only one?!

          My main takeaway or realization about being in my 65th year and rapidly approaching my 65th birthday is that I am grateful for all that is positive, supportive and loving in my life. There are times when it sure doesn’t feel like it, when I feel isolated, misunderstood and guilty, but inevitably I am able to keep putting one foot in front of the other because someone is kind or I see another hopeful sunrise . . . I worry that as I am getting older and balancing caregiving and work, with too little time for friends, family, home and my interests, I focus too much on what is difficult in my life. It is dragging me down into self-pity and turning me into a version of myself that I don’t like. To try and avoid being overwhelmed by sadness, I realize that, more and more, I am noticing all the big and little things that I am grateful for, such as two days of gorgeously warm weather in the middle of February and my understanding, helpful children who often help me turn my crabbiness into laughter. I am trying to nurture this more grateful approach to life so that it becomes a habit and helps me to laugh and feel better and more hopeful about myself and my life at 64, soon to be 65.

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