Aging Gracefully

Job 11:16-17 For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away, And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

There is psychological age which is dependent on your attitude. If you have the attitude that you get better as you grow older in every way – physically, emotionally, spiritually and socially, then you will age in a much more graceful manner. So this is what studies tell us. How about you? Do you feel your age? Are you content with your age? Is your life now clearer than the noonday in retrospect? Are you comfortable in your skin so to speak?

There does come one thing for certain with age and that is wisdom. We have by head knowledge or by personal experience so much more soundness to offer others. Memory is also kinder to us as we look upon events that unfolded in our life with the safety of distance now. We have reason to rejoice even if our body's are having difficulties staying ahead of the aging process. God has truly given us grace and we display well.

If we refuse to look at aging as a universal disease punishing us, but as a time instead for God to make us shine with the qualities that only our age group can display, and if we rate ourselves high in the brain power area, we most likely knock off quite a few years on our chronological age. We might even delight to boast that number to others because we know that we have aged in a graceful manner. Even if our eyesight is no longer clear, our vision of a life lived well is as if we are still in the noonday of our life.

If your psychological age is not where you would like it to be, work on that area. It sure is worth your effort. Keep active as you can, especially with mentally stimulating activities like conversations, reading, even puzzles. Learn something new every day if you can. Challenge a faulty thinking within yourself. Take the time to smell a flower, pat a child on the head, or develop an interest in something you have never attempted before. Do something to get the pleasure nodules within yourself a chance to realize how good and precious life is. Take time to rejoice this day knowing that God rejoices in you.