Todays passage is about transformation, and the importance of letting it unfold in its own time. In that, a phrase jumped out at me: hold my hand in child-like trust. It made me think of something Ive been increasingly aware of over the past several months: the difference between my self in my minds eye and my self as I have become over the course of 55 years. When I sit at my desk, or go out for errands, or hit the road for another business trip, I cannot see myself. My perspective of myself is entirely internal. That is, until I find myself in front of a mirror in one context or another. When that happens, I find I am always surprised by what I see. The 55 year old man with graying hair and several more pounds than he ought to have is not the man in my minds eye. He surprises me every time. Somehow, in my mind, I never left my 20s and 30s. Maybe my early 40s. Im still the person (physically) that I was in that great photo I took with Tree at a Hill Associates Christmas party two decades ago. Im not even the person in the picture on my profile anymore - and that picture is only 5 years old. Im not sure how I feel about that. Part of me is dismayed that I have not paid as much attention as I should have on basic health things: exercise, weight, diet. Part of me welcome the coming of the senior years and all that comes with it: retirement, freedom, different choice about how days are spent. But there is also no question that I am now at the point in my life where I have to pay more attention to the things I took for granted as a younger man. There needs to be more effort put into exercise, watching my weight, and being more selective about my food and beverage intake. These are disciplines that are not coming easy to me. But even a slightly older dog can learn new tricks!
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:49:07 +0000
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