Friday, July 29, 2022
When world-famous cellist, Pablo Casals was in his 80s, someone asked him why he continued to practice four hours a day, and he responded, “Because I think I’m making progress.” How wise. How true. You are making progress. That’s all there is to life anyway. We just don’t always notice ourselves changing and growing because we spend everyday consumed with things that aren’t important.
When you don’t see someone for a while, you easily notice how much they have changed. Perhaps they’ve gained some weight, wrinkled up a bit, or they’ve done a complete makeover, looking radiant and as effervescent as ever. Aging gracefully is embracing the tides of change. How are you handling this change? Some people resist it. Some work hard to stop it. Others leverage it to their advantage. Others are totally unaware, shocked when something changes.
The rolling river of time that moves us to the cemetery cannot be stopped by your complaining, rewound by your guilt, or moved ahead by your urgent pushing. Why not enjoy the company, the chitchat, the view, and love the ride? If you can do something, by all means do it, but don’t get all bent out of shape. Slow and steady, deeper and more profound, love the gentleness that moves gracefully under your feet. You’re not the only one rolling to the funeral home, so you just as soon make some friends, enjoy where you are, be curious about what you’re going to learn today, and love what you’re doing. That’s all you can do, so relax and just float. Go with time as it moves you to your tomb, that’s the way to go – rolling steadily, and progressing positively in each moment that you have remaining.