Living in Moderation....

Moderation....isn't that they key to happiness?  We can eat food that is bad for us....if we do it in moderation.   We can splurge on new clothes....if they are on sale and in moderation.  We can speed when the conditions are right....and in moderation.   Drinking a glass or two of wine....all fine if we do it in moderation.   Yep...moderation works.   I have found when you hit 60....you are forced into moderation whether you want to or not.   I have accepted that I am not like I used to be, but these moderations....OMG....I can't believe I'm doing them.   I recently had to add a chair to my bathroom.   I was putting on my pants the other day....like most people....balancing on one leg at a time to put them on.   I lost my balance and twisted my foot.   Any little thing that you hurt now is a big thing....let me tell you....it hobbled me.   I have been icing it for days.   The only upside is that it hurts so bad that I don't feel my bunions or my Morton's Neuroma on my other foot.   So from now on....I sit down to put my pants on.  Life certainly is more enjoyable if we would all slow down.  There is very little about growing older that is enjoyable, but the fact that I am not so driven and that I just want to enjoy things more, has helped me to accept this thing called being a Senior Citizen.
    I have a very dear friend that is facing a tough battle with cancer.   She has made me realize that growing old is a privilege.   We are all just rolling the dice everyday.   Cancer can strike without warning....you can be doing all the right things, but it doesn't care and it does not know what moderation is.....it attacks.   We all must listen to our bodies, that is the only weapon we have.  We need to never lose our faith and we must face it .....I have learned so much from these friends.   I am not very strong, but I know now that you find an inner strength you never knew you had.   I love these ladies so much and to say I admire them is just not enough.   We all must live in moderation, but when you can.....run like the gate has been left open.