New Year's Resolution

Here is a New Year’s resolution that is easy, enjoyable and rewarding. Be alive!

Have you ever thought about the difference between a person and a mummy? A person responds to you, looks at you, is interested in you, notices the sunshine and the flowers, exchanges ideas with you, and hopefully smiles at you and the world.

The poor mummy is lifeless; it has withdrawn into itself. Its world is closed to ours, as ours is closed to the mummy. I feel a sad separation from the mummy’s world of the past—not unlike the feeling I might get when listening to someone’s endless litany of ailments and complaints that leave me sorry, sad and drained.

Life is not always easy. But to be truly alive and stay youthful, we need to focus on life and rise above our woes. We all have burdens to bear. So if you love your friends, don’t weigh them down with the share that is yours. Instead, be aware of the now, listen to others, and tune in to new ideas.

Churchill comes to mind with his famous remark, Never give Up!  At age 90 he was still writing and researching and actively involved in politics. After he died, doctors found the seed of many major ailments in his body, but that barely slowed him down; he had no time for being sick. He stayed active and alive until the end. He never gave up.

May 2013 be a good year for you,

Rosi