My friend Karen sent me this quote. She finds the most interesting quotes and the apropos to me. In an earlier post I mentioned that as we age it may seem that days are long but years go so quickly.
The encouraging part of this quote for me is that I am the pilot of this flying machine we call life. This is something that I believe most of forget a lot of the time. I belong to an organization where we acknowledge we are powerless over many things in our lives. However, we are not helpless. I can choose how I spend my time. I can choose what I read, what I watch on TV and who I spend time with.
I can't seem to choose how much pain my knees are giving me, but I can choose to see a Dr, which I did. Now I have to choose whether I want to pursue surgery or whether I wish to avoid the risks that go with that. I can choose to give into the "Poor Me's" or be grateful that I still have reasonable mobility and that I have access to medication that eases the pain when I really need it.
When I am living the life that I am living it is hard not be grateful for all the things I have. If I could give the world a gift for Christmas; it would be a family as loving as mine, friends as caring and a past that has taught me to value the present and appreciate it.
Thank you Karen for the quote, as usual you sent it right time.
Thursday, December 13th, 2012......12:24p.m.
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