GrowingOlderHopeWiser

I have to admit that reading some of today’s responses to this question became the catalyst I needed to move forward. I’ve been agonizing for two days over edits I needed to make, completely stuck. Don’t get stuck on perfection. Killing my little darlings hasn’t been easy. I’m learning to…

I used to worry about everything, including what people thought and whether I was awkward. I wasted a considerable amount of my life worrying about “the price of beef in China,” meaningless stuff. Looking back, you could say I was a control freak, because that is what worrying is about.…

¡Aye, aye, aye, aye! Canta y no llores. Great-grandmother Panchita’s song. She was always singing it.  If you can fix a problem, do so instead of worrying. If you cannot fix it, worrying still changes nothing.  “Don’t worry, be happy” is another version of this idea.  Celia Cruz has a…

Tuscany, Italy; Paris, France; the pyramids of Egypt; Madrid, Spain; Kyoto, Japan; Australia; Costa Rica; and Puerto Rico are still on my bucket list. I have visited Mexico City, Mazatlan, Panama City, The Bahamas, Ontario, Canada, Sintra, Portugal, and The Lake District in England. I would not mind revisiting San…

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This is an interesting quote. It implies not giving up; keep working. It is important to note the second implication: learn from your mistakes. It makes no sense to keep falling into the same hole; learn from your mistakes and walk…

Never stop learning. You can teach an old dog new tricks. In fact, it is good for senior citizens to keep learning and replace some of those shriveled brain cells with fresh ones. That is why I am taking a college course and challenging myself to keep up with the…