Grateful For The Gift

Relish every summer day.  Stretch them.  Fill them with memories.  Smile and laugh more.  Gather with friends and visit family.  Put my feet in the water.  Grow things and grill things.  I make my summers count by making them beautiful.  I have no intention of raging against my aging.  I intend to embrace it, to embrace the muscle aches and the crow’s feet as the price of growing in wisdom and grace;  to understand that age is not my body forsaking me but my life rewarding me.
Aging, as I see it, is a gift, and I will receive it with gratitude.
—     Charles Blow
From:  “The Beauty of Embracing Aging“
An editorial appearing in:  New York Times,  dtd:  June 5, 2024
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  https://davidkanigan.com/
The specific post can be found at:   https://davidkanigan.com/2024/06/07/i-got-about-30-more-summers-left/
Please visit the original site if you have some free time.    —    kmab]
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2015	Bound Up
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Stuck In The Middle…

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
—     Albert Camus
In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.
I realized, through it all, that…
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy.  For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.
—     Albert Camus
[The fuller version is attributed to Camus, but are “probably” not his words.  At least nobody has been able to locate the quote in his writings.  The shorter version is widely attributed to Camus, but I’m advised (I haven’t personally read Camus’ works – which are in French) that this is also not an accurate translation, but does capture the meaning.  (ex.:  “Midst” is sometimes translated as “middle”.)  In any case, the longer version is something it feels like he could have written.    —    kmab]
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2016	Marriage Advice
2015	To James (and ‘Tasha)
2014	Ssshhush, You Are Not Alone
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2012	For However Short A Time…
2011	Take A Deep Breath And Continue (Or Not)
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