~ ~ ~ HAPPY ~ ~ ~
PERSPECTIVES ON AGING
" How old would you be if you didn't know
how old you are ? " - Satchel Paige
There's nothing the matter with me,
I'm just as healthy as can be,
I have arthritis in both knees,
And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze.
My pulse is weak, my blood is thin,
But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
All my teeth have had to come out,
And my diet I hate to think about.
I'm overweight and I can't get thin,
But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
And arch supports I need for my feet.
Or I wouldn't be able to go out in the street.
Sleep is denied me night after night,
But every morning I find I'm all right.
My memory's failing, my head's in a spin.
But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
Old age is golden I've heard it said,
But sometimes I wonder, as I go to bed.
With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup,
And my glasses on a shelf, until I get up.
And when sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself,
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf ?
The reason I know my Youth has been spent,
Is my get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went!
But really I don't mind, when I think with a grin,
Of all the places my get-up has been.
I get up each morning and dust off my wits,
Pick up the paper and read the obits.
If my name is missing, I'm therefore not dead,
So I eat a good breakfast and jump back into bed.
The moral of this as the tale unfolds,
Is that for you and me, who are growing old.
It is better to say "I'm fine" with a grin,
Than to let people know the shape we are in.
FAMILY'S AT PLAY
IN THE STATE PARK,
IN
MISSOURI 
THIS TUNE " YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE " GOES OUT TO A PREACHER FRIEND OF MINE,
PASTOR BILL IN AVA, MISSOURI
ALSO TO ALL OF THOSE HAPPY FAMILYS IN MISSOURI
" It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of
finding
a sickness you like. " - Jackie Mason
Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes
alone.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, ... it
doesn't
matter. - Mark Twain
Age only matters if you're cheese.
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can
get.
God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway;
the
good fortune to run into the ones I do; and the eyesight to tell the
difference !
He who laughs, lasts.
I've gotten to the age where I need my false teeth and hearing aid
before
I can ask where I left my glasses.
I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't
hurt.
If you laugh a lot, when you get older your wrinkles will be in the
right
places.
Middle age is when you burn the midnight oil around 9:00
PM.
My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves
completely.
Old age and treachery will overcome youth and
skill.
The big thing today is computer dating. If you don't know how to run
a
computer it really dates you.
The golden years: When actions creak louder than
words.
There's nothing wrong with the younger generation that twenty years
or so
won't cure.
~ ~ ~ GREAT BIG SMILE ~ ~ ~
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I have in my hands two boxes,
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,
And all your joys in the gold."
I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,
Both my joys and sorrows I stored,
But though the gold became heavier each day,
The black was as light as before.
With curiosity, I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.
I showed the hole to God, and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"
He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they're all here with me.."
I asked God, why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
The black is for you to let go."
, I SURE DID
AND MAY
THIS BE
FOR YOU
A SPECIAL
DAY WITH
JESUS !
IS MY PRAYER
PASTOR BILL
GOD BLESS
Y'ALL
.....And remember that Jesus loves you !
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