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Puberty and menopause. Those are the only 2 I can think of. Periods of time when one has to make an adjustment that have names. What about the ones that don't have names??? Throughout life not much time goes by before we have to make adjustments: either a physical medical adjustment or mental processing adjustment. We are all constantly doing this. I see aging as yet another period of adjustment. Perhaps the frequency of making those adjustments is accelerated in aging, but it's awkward when things like simple balance and hand eye coordination that we've taken for granted for decades are starting to wear down. Ultimately, we're all going to die, but I want to stay as proactive as possible until that happens. There are some benefits to aging. I went to my 50th year high school reunion few months back. There were 450 in our class, about 10% of which are dead, and over 100 came to the reunion. The overall tone of the event was positive and upbeat. When you get to this age, you're probably as comfortable in your own skin as you're ever going to get. That can have a positive impact on such an event. People are different. Not everybody ages the same. I have never had to wear glasses. When I was young my mom fed me rabbit's food, and I actually liked it. Raw carrots, celery, cucumbers, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, even radishes and scallions were in her rotation. I need reading glasses to read some stuff, but I won't get driver tested again until 2027. I do, however have knee problems. No surgery yet, but I've weighed 200 plus for 30 years. That must put pressure on knees. When I walk downstairs I can at times do so one step at a time without holding a handrail. Other times I not only hold the rail, I also put both feet on each step all the way down. Err on the side of caution. It occurred to me that many of us are getting up there. I thought perhaps other might want to share things that have helped them age more gracefully.

Riiiiiiiiiight. It has? No one is upset. Again, no one's upset. That's all there is to understand about that. Good for you. Sounds like you are quite satisfied with your own private interpretations of victor's verbiage. Bravo! So proud of ya. Is that your own private interpretation of what it FIRST says to you? Strange. That's not at all what the sentence itself says. Thanks. So what? You're wrong. Ha ha!! "Airline fiends." You got the wrong impression. That's kinda what "The Bible interprets itself" is saying. You haven't? We all crawl before we walk. Proud of ya! More accurately: HOW (H-OW) to interpret the Bible, according to victor's schema. Why is victor's private interpretation better than your own? The resources WITHIN? Resources? Within? Like the "resources" WITHIN a Borges poem, a Steely Dan song, or a Terrence Malick film? This makes no sense.

Yes, Yes, Yes. I joined Planet Fitness for about $10 a month and it is the the best investment made so far in my aging process. They have a cage that has bars going everyway you can imagine, and instructions and pictures on how to use them to do stretching exercises. The stretching exercises begin at your neck and covers all the way down to your feet. Then there are treadmills, bicycles, free weights, and machined weights to build your cardiovascular system. When I slack off and miss a few weeks my body starts barking because it is becoming stiff again. In addition, I have lost 75 pounds and struggle to keep it off, but keeping the goal of maintaining as much mobility as possible, is keeping me honest and on track. Obviously, things happen within our bodies and minds that we have absolutely no control over. We can only hope the medical professionals have a medication, surgery, prostheses, or mental health help that will keep us going. We should take advantage of every available procedure so we can lead a happy and productive life. I have a relative who has slowed down physically, but not adjusted their calorie intake. Only one thing can happen and that is to put on additional weight. Another has had a heart attack are not changed any eating or dieting to lose weight. When the doc suggested these changes, their response was, “That will happen when world peace comes about.” With such an attitude what can anyone do to help them? They refuse to help themselves so you can only wait until the worst happens. So far the medications have kept them alive, but their mobility is limited.

My prediction for 20 years

Yeah, me too. When I joined my current church, people who are now good friends told me they thought I was weird at first. I'd rather they thought I was weird, than knew that I actually was! And TBH, I was pretty out there. Scared to tell anyone my name and address for the church membership booklet. Took me a long time to realise no-one was out to persecute, condemn or control me, but genuinely wanted to help. Even now, nobody in my own church knows my history. The most I've ever said is that I was in an abusive church relationship - the church abused me, and others. Nobody has ever asked for details. Only one person knows the depth of it, and that's because he was the Safeguarding Officer (to whom any kind of abuse within his church is to be reported and is stringently followed up on) for a different church - I thought he might be a safe person to talk to and somebody in no way able to "hurt" me. However, from that, and other things, we have now developed a close personal relationship. It's been healthy to be able to talk about it with a safe person. So yeah, I kinda get how Bolshy-one would find it difficult to fellowship outside TWI with any Christian group. He'd be really suspicious of them and their motives - and if they knew of TWI and its tactics, they'd be suspicious of him and whether he was going to try to "convert" them. Bolshy - you are safe to let your hang-ups hang out here. We know and understand. But you might find it helpful to find a trusted confidant, friend (professional or otherwise) to physically talk with.

But TWI makes it everybody's business with their evangelizing and proselytizing and gaslighting and abusing and stealing and destroying. I wish they could keep their business to themselves, but they can't and won't. The pressures to sell "the class" is one way they make it EVERYBODY'S business. I married a woman who was born into a TWI/CORPS family. I never condemned, nor questioned, her beleeefs. They just never really came up, or else I just lovingly tolerated the silliness. But the pressure to bend my knee to victor became seemingly insurmountable at some point. In an effort to keep the peace and do whatever it took to save a marriage I was gaslighted to believe I ruined, I took "the class" and attended fellowship with an open mind and heart. Before I took "the class," my life was replete with what many here would call signs, miracles, wonders and revelation. I'm embarrassed to even mention this, because I never considered any of this miraculous or special or worthy of boasting, which I'm painfully trying to avoid right now. Since a very young age, I experienced countless healings - physical, mental, spiritual - and had never been to a doctor or had a vaccine. My life was full of love and joy and contentment and professional success and gratitude. All my needs were met. I walked in the light of the Love of God. But the proselytizers of TWI couldn't keep their shonta in their own toilet. They had to share it with me by force. They had push my face into their shonta. TWI made their business my business. And their business is destruction. So, fvck them for destroying my life! They should have kept their business to themselves. Thank God for GSC, open forums, and free speech.

And it's also a tool for bringing people together. Choose your venue carefully. You don't have to use the internet; to read anything or everything that people post; you don't have to join groups you have no interest in but conversely you can join in conversations with people locally, nationally, or even worldwide, who enjoy some activity you enjoy. In fact, you can also use the internet to find local groups of your favoured activity/ies and go and interact with real live human beings.

I'm sorry - I forgot to read your mind...and I assume you'll want me to ask for permission to read your mind

Damn Rocky !!!!! I love it !!!! Honey Badger kicks Shingles a$$ ! Honey Badger doesn't care Didn't know all that...A friend of mine who is an avid hunter, would tell this old city boy stories about honey badgers and fisher ferrets and just blow my mind...I'm gonna stay a city boy in the safety and security of my favorite You Tube watching chair