"The Older you get the stronger the wind is, and it is always in your face" Pablo Picasso
"Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough."Groucho Marx
"Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries." Bill Cosby
"You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old." George Burns
Aren't these great quotes. Note the contrast between Burns and Picasso. They both lived full lives and they catch for us the the energy it takes to age. This is two quotes about life facing the wind I read this week. It is not easy to age. Burns who lived to be a centurion hit a truth we age but we don't give in. We keep looking for ways to live.
I have gone through some tough times in the last six years. I have won most of the battles but not all of them.That is part of why I share my problems. We don't take this "snake oil" or use this gadget and turn back the clock of time. If you have looked at health studies they may say if you do this 70% percent of the people in the study improved. What about the 30%? What happened to them? Did they stay the same? Did the get worse? I have to say it... sometimes we do the right things and stuff happens anyway. Now I just got over a battle of depression, do I give up? Seems a possibility. But no, I actually feel pretty good about being me right now.
Let me try to be clear about my problem. My right ankle is showing no improvement, in fact it is getting worse. Barb and I talked about it and we have decided to recheck my options. We are going to checking out medical advise from people who deal with people with Cerebral Palsy and chronic pain. Tonight I have no idea if there is a solution to my ankle, the possibility is out there that I will just have to find ways of coping. I don't like the idea that I will have to put up with pain but getting drugged up can have worse complications.
I was watching a program of an older fellow who ran everyday even though his foot and ankle was getting more deformed and painful. His heart fitness was great but his foot was a mess. He was actually running 9 miles a day. He has done this all of his adult life and that is the reason he finds hard to scale back. I understand where he is coming from. I pushed life having CP and now I have chronic issues. I do what I can to reduce the possibilities of falls and I pay attention to my form. But would I not play football, wrestle, and tennis in college. Would I not do many of the trails I have walked. I played competitive basketball into my early 40's. I have played just about every sport but my activities now are much safer and they should be. Pushing the limits I enjoyed and I am not sure I would not have difficulties anyway. Inactivity would have made life very painful.
Paul says in Romans 8:22, "For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now." One thing about getting older, you can hear the groans. Life is hard but as long as we are alive we have have a chance to regroup and try something else. Keep walking
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"Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries." Bill Cosby
"You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old." George Burns
Aren't these great quotes. Note the contrast between Burns and Picasso. They both lived full lives and they catch for us the the energy it takes to age. This is two quotes about life facing the wind I read this week. It is not easy to age. Burns who lived to be a centurion hit a truth we age but we don't give in. We keep looking for ways to live.
I have gone through some tough times in the last six years. I have won most of the battles but not all of them.That is part of why I share my problems. We don't take this "snake oil" or use this gadget and turn back the clock of time. If you have looked at health studies they may say if you do this 70% percent of the people in the study improved. What about the 30%? What happened to them? Did they stay the same? Did the get worse? I have to say it... sometimes we do the right things and stuff happens anyway. Now I just got over a battle of depression, do I give up? Seems a possibility. But no, I actually feel pretty good about being me right now.
Let me try to be clear about my problem. My right ankle is showing no improvement, in fact it is getting worse. Barb and I talked about it and we have decided to recheck my options. We are going to checking out medical advise from people who deal with people with Cerebral Palsy and chronic pain. Tonight I have no idea if there is a solution to my ankle, the possibility is out there that I will just have to find ways of coping. I don't like the idea that I will have to put up with pain but getting drugged up can have worse complications.
I was watching a program of an older fellow who ran everyday even though his foot and ankle was getting more deformed and painful. His heart fitness was great but his foot was a mess. He was actually running 9 miles a day. He has done this all of his adult life and that is the reason he finds hard to scale back. I understand where he is coming from. I pushed life having CP and now I have chronic issues. I do what I can to reduce the possibilities of falls and I pay attention to my form. But would I not play football, wrestle, and tennis in college. Would I not do many of the trails I have walked. I played competitive basketball into my early 40's. I have played just about every sport but my activities now are much safer and they should be. Pushing the limits I enjoyed and I am not sure I would not have difficulties anyway. Inactivity would have made life very painful.
Paul says in Romans 8:22, "For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now." One thing about getting older, you can hear the groans. Life is hard but as long as we are alive we have have a chance to regroup and try something else. Keep walking
Today I will take many mini walks and stretch out my tendons and range of motion. I will use a pedometer to track steps.Keep moving
ReplyDeleteDid multiple mini walks. Walked 20 minutes at park. Worked on stretching and movement of ankle joint. At this time tonight I feel better than I did yesterday. Keep moving
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