I am not indispensable.
I used to think I was…
If I wasn’t there,
the school would have
shut down!!
Hah! Not true…
The custodian and the secretary
Are indispensable …
Not the principal!
So unlock the misconception!
Set yourself free!
You, too, my friend
Are not indispensable!
What lesson do you wish you had learned earlier?
Lighten up!
Live, love, laugh…
Peace to you!
Hug lots,
JanBeek
(Updated from yesterday with the link I promised)
My friend in our local senior living center is in his 101st year on earth. Next week he’ll celebrate another birthday. We want to have a special party … a wheelchair parade … with balloons and horns and a lot of hoopla. But he’ll have none of that. No siree! Just celebrate it with all the other April birthdays … don’t make no big deal about it.
But it IS a big deal! Don’t you agree?
Do you know how many sunrises and sunsets that is? More than I care to count! However, God bless him, my friend can count them all. His mind is still sharp as a rack. How does he do that?
I need to go ask my friend, Anita. She’s about ready to celebrate her 100th, and she’s sharp as a tack, too! Stay tuned. I’ll get the secrets from both of them … and I’ll share it here. I wanna get to be 100 and still have all my marbles in place, too.
I already know one of Anita’s secrets. Keep busy doin’ for others! She was a member of our Montana’s Senior Companion Program well into her 90s! Always out there “helping the old folks” by taking them to their doctor appointments, helping them get their groceries, shoveling their walks, you name it! What an inspiration!
Another senior friend of mine, Carol Orr, was in her 90s when this picture of her and me was taken. Like Anita, she kept her marbles polished and in place.
I asked Carol a few years after this photo
to share with me some of her life lessons –
and I posted a blog about that about a decade ago.
I’ll find it and give you a link tomorrow.
As promised, here is that link to Carol’s Life Lessons.
Hah! Time flies… it wasn’t a decade.
This link says it was only 3 years ago
– on Carol’s 95th birthday:
https://janbeek.blog/2019/07/28/95-years-of-life-lessons/
Meantime, I want you to ponder that 101 birthday coming up. S’pose he should have a parade just for him? Maybe not, if he doesn’t want it. But, shouldn’t we do SOMEthing special?
Paul Soren made a suggestion below. I like his idea. Don’t you?
Have a Happy Day, my friends.
It’s a beautiful, blue sky springtime day here in Ennis, MT.
Time to go plant some iris
in honor of our new great-granddaughter,
Mable Iris McSparron.
What are you planning to do today?
Love, JanBeek
Embrace Butterflies
Yes, it’s so easy to do!
Figuratively.
Build a chrysalis –
Then sequester for a while.
Pop! You’re beautiful!
We all sequestered –
We had to during COVID-
Now we’re emerging.
Some folks are fearful –
Thinking COVID’s not over.
Maybe it isn’t.
With the variant
Running rampant in places,
Some crawled back inside.
Some still wear their masks;
Some won’t go to restaurants –
Prefer home dining.
Remaining inside
Is important for some folks –
Others spread their wings.
Like these butterflies,
Each situation’s different.
So, to each his own!
One of the lessons I learned during this past year and a half or so is that no two people react exactly the same to the same stimulus. We hear through our own filters. We see through our own past experiences. We can’t lay our trip on someone else! We all built our own chrysalis and stayed inside as long as we felt we needed to. Some are inside still. We all will emerge more beautiful in our own sweet time, if we allow our “feelers” to engage with our own needs while respecting the needs of others.
Embrace the butterfly.
Fly when you’re ready.
See ya in Big Sky!
Love ya,
JanBeek
My blogging friend, Richard, posted this wonderful poem this morning. Since both my grandpas died before I was born, I did not get to meet either of them. So, watching my hubby be a loving Grampy to our 7 grandkids has been a real treasure. Richard captured that Grandpa feeling beautifully in his post today. I am delighted to share it with you:
Watching a quiet Saturday sunrise Feeling grateful, thankful to be alive Being retired, life moves at a slower pace Realizing, there’s no need to win the race Remembering grandfathers, crisp and clear Teaching life lessons, steady and sincere Growing up, learning from their example Tasting life with every new sample Loving […]
Passing the Torch — Big Sky Buckeye
Each morning I wonder what Bible verse will speak to me today.
I wonder what phrase I will “take away” with me.
I wonder how I can keep my faith
alive, growing, and contagious.
I read today’s page in Daily Guideposts 2020
and I go to my Bible to read
the chosen scripture in its larger context.
And then I write the “take away”
on the page provided at the end of the month.
These WONDERful phrases
keep the Wonder alive in my life.
I pray that perhaps these phrases
can help keep the wonder alive in your life, too.
You may consider getting your copy of Daily Guideposts 2020
for your morning devotionals.
There are still ten months left
to enjoy and be inspired by its daily messages.
I find it to be a WONDERful way to start my day.
http://www.shopguideposts.org/Devotionals
Go out now and
DO LOVE in WONDER-filled ways.
See ya tomorrow.
Hugs to You !!
Inspire to Love
Let the SonShine!
You inspire me to respond
Learning to Live; Living to Learn; Learning to Love; Living in Love
