Sunday, December 28, 2008

Balance in Life

How are we to do what everyone strives for?
Keep our lives real and yet balanced with what makes us challenged to stretch our minds and bodies in new and different directions in ways to continue to grow and learn and be the best human that we can be at every stage of life.

Everyone knows that we have to at some points in our growth, not unlike with children, we have to make adjustments to accomplish what we so desire to do.
But of course we must decide that we want our physical evolution as we move on has to be fine-tuned to create a lifestyle that welcomes those changes.

We have found that simplicity is what works best for us.
Being together now over 41 years we do have similar interests.
We both enjoy reading, which takes care of widening our views in our brains that on occasion we have claimed to share, but not true.
My hubby enjoys reading material that I do not find interesting like sci-fi, while I on the other hand, I do have a diverse eclectic taste, ranging from mysteries to autobiographies, I love research material too and even some espionage type novels.

We both enjoy movies we split on some types too.
I prefer PG or PG13 movies that don’t upset my sensibilities too much, romantic comedies are great, and he prefers action flicks with car chases.

We both enjoy boating and fishing. I like swimming, and he prefers not so much, although he has his SCUBA certification for wreck diving, since 1985, and he also taught water skiing as a teen and as an adult to our sons when they were growing up.
I enjoy museums, art festivals and the like.
He prefers antique car shows.

We both enjoy gardening, and that is good for you at any age; especially when growing edibles.

As older Americans we are no different with having medical issues that slow you down and I feel that we have gotten a handle on that too; by pacing ourselves and not overdoing anything. The expression: listening to your body, does work.

We have been lately trying hard to be more economical, not unlike everyone else.
So being green and thinking how to do things more inexpensively is a workout.
Projects for those purposes are good for the imagination.
Rethinking how to use or do something could even be a mental game for efficiency.
Since all of us need realistically to be more frugal this could even become a family venture.

Well, here goes that balance thing coming at me now…I’m getting tired so I will say good night to all and to all think clearly and chose your own way to make whatever you need to do to keep yourself healthy and happy, mind, body and spirit.

Which way will the war go?

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