Yesterday was my birthday. \u00a0Admitting my age makes me sound far older than I feel. \u00a0I was 71. \u00a0Yikes!! \u00a0And I can honestly say I don’t feel any thing close to that. \u00a0In fact, in many respects, I feel younger as the years pass. \u00a0I find that curious but I know it’s true for many others too. \u00a0Perhaps it has to do with how we are choosing to live our lives. \u00a0Enumerating what’s been different in these later years is enlightening.<\/p>\n
For one thing, I simply am not bogged down by worry any more. \u00a0I am content with the life I am leading and feel as though I have been “called” to do what I do. \u00a0God’s will has \u00a0become clear, for now<\/em>. \u00a0Second, and this one is \u00a0related to the first one, I feel passionate about my work. \u00a0Writing and speaking to groups, sharing that which others have so freely given me, makes it exciting to get up each day. \u00a0Having passion for any thing keeps one’s mind and body young. \u00a0Of this I’m certain. \u00a0As an example, having begun this blog site a few months ago has been extremely exciting and I love having a new way to reach like-minded people.<\/p>\n And this leads me to how I approach each day. \u00a0Following that first cup of coffee, I am involved with a women’s spirituality group each morning in a conference call. \u00a0Some mornings only 3 or 4 call in and other mornings we may have 8. \u00a0We take turns sharing a short prayer; we read a section in a spiritual book and then discuss how we are helped by the reading. \u00a0We seldom spend more than 20 or 25 minutes on the call but it’s a way to get right-minded before letting the day carry our minds into neighborhoods<\/em> that aren’t \u00a0fruitful.<\/p>\n Four mornings each week I participate in another conference call with some business associates. \u00a0While this call leans toward business, there is definitely a spiritual overtone to it. \u00a0I feel so grateful to have two infusions of productive thinking in my life every day before I even have time to let my own ego run amuck.<\/p>\n And then I take an hour and a half for exercise 5 days a week. \u00a0Work calls to me next, and I move into it happily. \u00a0My mind and body have been attended to and for me, that’s key. \u00a0Having this kind of routine in my life may seem like too much structure for some but I have discovered, over the years, that routine keeps me on track.\u00a0Without structure, I feel a sense of ennui too easily. <\/span><\/p>\n I \u00a0do believe that we each have very purposeful lives. \u00a0I have made a commitment to fulfill the purpose that has been assigned to me and I feel blessed. \u00a0I hope that you are feeling right-minded today, and if you aren’t, perhaps you can say a prayer for some one you know. \u00a0That action can change how we think more quickly than any thing else. \u00a0We are in charge of our own right-mindedness. \u00a0Are you feeling content today?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday was my birthday. \u00a0Admitting my age makes me sound far older than I feel. \u00a0I was 71. \u00a0Yikes!! \u00a0And I can honestly say I don’t feel any thing close to that. \u00a0In fact, in many respects, I feel younger as the years pass. \u00a0I find that curious but I know it’s true for many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-musings"],"yoast_head":"\n