Have You Given Up On Yourself?
by:
Graham and Julie
Have
you given up on yourself? Have you decided to take the easy road and coast for
the rest of your life? Have you come to the decision that you have done all you
could possibly be expected to do in your life now it is someone else’s turn? As
you get older you may not be able to run as fast, swim as far, hit the ball as
hard or even concentrate as long as you used to but is that the reason to give
up? Surely your aim should be to be the best you can at whatever age you are.
“Navratilova
wants to be as good a player as she can possibly be at the age of 47, just as
she wanted to be the best she could possibly be at 19, at 25, at 35”. (Nick
Pitt).
Whether
you are like Navratilova and still working or retired and hitting a golf ball
around or focused on the garden or the grand children, nothing is stopping you
from being the best you can.
Dennis
has been retired for about eighteen years and still hankers back to the old
days when he was….. and capable of doing……. Although
he is an avid gardener he continually gripes about the length of time things
take and ‘when I was younger’. The result has been a gradual, deterioration of
his health over the recent past and since his wife died, about five years ago, the
world has owed him a living and he appears to have got angrier and angrier with
the world and people around him.
Michael,
on the other hand, also retired about eighteen years ago and took the
opportunity to improve his golf. When his wife died about seven years ago,
after a period of mourning and self reflection, he made the conscious decision
that he had to get on with his life and decided to do two things. Firstly, he
decided to continue with his golf and make an effort to play at least twice a
week and be the best he could. This, in his terms, means not to let anyone down
and do his best in every competition.
Secondly,
Michael decided that there were a lot of places in the world that he would like
to visit before he died and he set about visiting Jordan, Egypt, Israel,
Canada, and many other countries with the result that he is totally unaware of
and unrestricted by, his age. He is good company and always willing to enter
into a conversation about the present and what is going on in his life.
Last
year he severely damaged his knee playing golf and had to undergo emergency
surgery which resulted in many hours of physiotherapy and six months plus in
the lounge chair. ’Confined to barracks’s’ is how Michael described it. But he
took it all in his stride putting the same endeavour
into getting well as he put into the other areas of his life.
As both
these men are members of our family it never ceases to amaze us how different
these two characters are. They both had similar life experiences but when you
compare and reflect on their current situation there is one thing that stands
out. Michael is determined to be the best he can be at 83, just as he wanted to
be the best he could be at 40, 50 and 60. He rarely, if ever, talks about the
past. He always focuses on what’s happening now. He has not given up on
himself.
Just to
show you how amazing the human mind is:
The
following text gives a good insight into the way your mind works. It may appear
a bit difficult at first but please stick with it. Don’t give up on yourself.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty
uesdnatnrd waht I was raednig!
THE
PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed
ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Amzanig huh? (Unfortunately we do not have
the originating site.)
Your
mind does have phenomenal power. If you start with the thought; to be the best
you can possibly be and continually follow it with sincere action you may get a
bit jumbled up from time to time but it will always see you through. There may
be some unintended consequences but to have an enjoyable and rewarding life the
aim must always be; to get the best out of yourself.
The
point is don’t give up on yourself. Be the best you
can now, at whatever age you are.
Good
Luck
Graham
and Julie
www.desktop-meditation.com
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