March 9, 2022
And the beat goes on…It is a bit like my mother used to say, “This too shall pass”. It is all the same sort of thing. You and your spirit will go on forever, but what you are going through, good or bad, will pass. I was feeling a bit nostalgic a little while ago. I have lived a long life, and I was thinking about specific times that are in my memory, but long gone from my reality. It seemed so easy back then, and yet nothing is easy in the reality of the moment. The memory erases the reality of hardships and disappointments. Things that might have frightened you are no longer scary. Looking back at life, it seemed like it was always no problem. It was always easy breezy. That is because all problems are temporary in their power over you. This too will pass, and the beat of your heart goes on. You are continually moving forward growing as you go. There is such innocence in youth and that innocence is replaced by knowledge in your old age. With age, you also acquire experience, so at least in some cases you are stronger and more able to live your life more confidently and more successfully as you grow old. You have paid the price of getting a real-life education. You have paid to get smarter by using time… years or even decades of your life. I love being old, because everything has finally started to come together for me, it is finally making sense. I am a teacher of happiness. I know happiness. Now I am 74 years old, and everything is coming together. Every lifetime experience has come together for me, and now it all makes sense. Of course, since the beat goes on, I will always have more to learn. Happiness is a now thing. A reoccurring now thing, or at least that is how it is supposed to be. You have been there and done that, so there should be fewer things to confuse or frighten you. If you have faith in God and the power of God within you, you will continue successfully on your journey through all the days of your life. Your life will not end here or in the hereafter. You will be a survivor. The longer you live the happier you will be if you have learned your lessons along the way. You are here for a reason. We are all here to complete the vision of God. Like a gigantic jigsaw puzzle each one of us adds to the magnificence of the whole picture. Each one of us is designed to fulfill our own purpose. My purpose is to spread happiness the way Johnny Appleseed spread apples. Life gets better and better if you have learned to appreciate what you have and are grateful that you have it. Then …The Beat Goes On. Be happy. Say it again and again. Afterall happy is for every day, not just for New Year’s Eve.
Granny-o
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