That closely describes me today. What is delicious is the first sentence in the quote: Aging can be either a life of nostalgia or a wholehearted engagement with the future.
I opted immediately for the wholehearted engagement with the future, and realized my flow of life today is...uh-oh. I have symptoms that fear has diagnosed as cancer (my uncontrollable cough) and heart (phlegm, a danger sign).
I go to the cardio this morning...to a new building and new parking lot. So of course I am feeling trepidatious about the new building, the new parking lot, and the need to make a decision...should I take Lyft? or dare the new?
My realization is that my trepidation is my wholehearted engagement with the future...this is me at 80+ and how I meet the new facts and acts of my life.
Finding the gold in the dross: I am welcoming hope as my spiritual lifeline. I hope that I believe more wholly, trust more deeply, and accept that I have only begun to let go and let God.
Thank you.
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