The Golden Years: Too soon old, too late smart!!

Have you heard the saying, "too soon old, too late smart" before? I grew up hearing that saying. The older I get the more truth I see in it too.

While we were on our four month adventure as full time RVers this summer, my husband and I just enjoyed the journey. Each day was a new adventure for us. Each day held its own excitement. It was almost magical.I found myself in awe of whatever it was that was enabling us to live life in the moment this way, and to see each day as an adventure. My husband and I both are task oriented so we tend to give each day a value according to how much we accomplish. To take each day as it came was not "normal" for either of us. I'm still not sure how or why we were able to take each day as it came, but am forever grateful that we could and did.

Furthermore, I am finding that as we embark on our "journey" of remodelling our little rental house, making it into a home for us to "winter" in, rather than wanting everything done yesterday which is my norm, I am finding myself just enjoying the journey, the process, each stage as it comes.

Right now we're in demolishion stage. Up to our eyeballs in torn down wallboard and debris of all sorts. Soon we'll move into repair, rewire and redo stage. Right now, though, I am finding joy in the vision I have for the finished product, and am at peace with the process.

Was it our four month journey that made these changes in us? OR is it simply we have finally lived long enough to get smart? Tomorrow is promised to no-one, the bible says. So, all we have is now, today.

We'll have to put a mark in the "pros column" of the balance sheet for the "Golden Years." We are indeed getting older, but we're also getting smarter about how to live this time in our lives. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could learn this when we are a lot younger? The years we're raising our children, for instance. Hmm...