Can We Talk 2

Age Is Perspective

         Today as I was driving, I noticed my hands on the steering wheel. The skin on my arms was alarming! I had old lady skin! When did this happen? It's that crepe paper skin I've heard Jane Seymour talking about on TV. Mine happened overnight! I was horrified.

         Then it hit me. I was wearing my new glasses outside in the daylight for the first time. Then I just felt sad. Other people have already been seeing what I was seeing. Some times seeing better is not all that great.

         Maybe we go through life that way, not really seeing things the way they are. Then something happens to jolt us, or usually someone tells us, and we realize we haven't been seeing clearly. We realize a friend or a co-worker has been deceiving us or using us. We thought we were really good at something, only to find out we were doing it all wrong. We want to think we're going to last indefinitely the way we are and take care of everything as usual. Only we realize we aren't as young as we used to be, or as strong, or as vital. It's a big deal for an older person to give up the car keys, but eventually it has to be done.

         I like being able to read better and being able to see the world more clearly. I just didn't want a better look at myself and where I am in my journey.