"With God's Grace Our Worst Past
Becomes Our Best Future"
Becomes Our Best Future"
The real problem isn’t getting older—it’s with growing colder.
Aging Gratefully, Heather Creekmore, Our Daily Bread Ministries, 2024, 64
I saw a recent meme about getting older, The Wonder Years—wondering where we put things. Some of us worry while wondering. Especially if we spend too much time watching cable news.
I appreciate AI and Google programs that allow us to search and get answers to our wondering at the touch of a computer key.
While we who are of a certain age relate, I think it’s important to keep wondering about the things around us, allowing us to be grateful rather than spiteful.
This is why I wrote this poem a few years ago. I like to repost this from time to time. I hope I never lose the wonderment of a toddler.
MY QUEST
I walked among dandelions when I was three
They were beautiful then
Yellow, bright, inviting, and plentiful
When blooms died
I blew them to other worlds
I squealed at butterflies when I was three
Wonders worth chasing
I romped through meadows after their allure
Time held no meaning
Their fluttering dance the object of dreams
I prayed unashamedly when I was three
Daddy God all all-powerful provider
Faith unencumbered by intellect
I’d make my request assured He answers
Then picked a bouquet of happiness
To become as I was when I was three
To see beauty in weeds
To abandon conventionality
To trust implicitly
This is my quest
What has piqued your wonder this week, something that renewed your faith or inspired you in some way? Feel free to comment.
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LAUGHING THROUGH OLD AGE
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THINKING TRAIN
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THE CHORDS THAT BIND MY MEMORIES
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RE-MARKABLE QUESTIONS
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE MOOSE KIND
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Dynamic Debbie
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IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM
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THE WONDER YEARS REVISITED
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MY NEXT GREAT NOVEL ADVENTURE
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ADAPT OR DIE
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A BETTER VIEW
SALLY JO PITTS
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MY CELL PHONE MY NEMESIS
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ARE THERE BENFITS TO TALKING TO ONESELF?
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THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN'
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2/19/2025
Seeing the Positives
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SATURDAYS AT THE DOLLAR STORE
ANN CAVERA
7/24/2024
SAY WHAT?
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WE ARE PROFESSIONALS
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6/26/2024
RETIREMENT FIGURED OUT
DALE LANGLOIS
6/12/2024
