Footlose Old-timer
Congratulations! That you are reading this means you are mentally healthy. Your mind is on an even keel. You can understand and make clear and sensible decisions; your mind doesn’t seesaw between fantasy and reality. You can appreciate the colors, sights and sounds around you; feel the warmth of your children’s hands and the smooth…
Do you love yourself? I bet you do but are mum about it for fear of appearing self-centered, vain, egotistical, or narcissistic. Loving oneself, or self-love is none of that. It is isn’t about impressing others of your virtues or blowing your own horn. If taken in its undiluted form, it is something people cannot go…
You don’t need to be lonely because you live alone, or lacking in social interaction. Take a lesson from the 2 guys in prison who, one night, looked outside of their cells through the prison bars. One guy saw the beautiful full moon set against a dark sky, dwarfing the millions of twinkling little stars…
“The sadness of death is only surpassed by the sadness of solitude,” – a doctor discovered in a heart-wrenching way with one of his patients. The doctor knows that he is dying. So does the patient. It’s not the kind of death after a few days or weeks or months of pain. It can come…
Are elderly people cranky? Does their mood rise and fall like the tide, or follow the lunar cycle? These are the common perceptions younger people have of elderly people. While a few may fit the mold, but they are the exception rather than the rule. A lot of old fellas are friendly, jaunty, jovial and…
Right now, a guy is struggling with depression. He could be the guy next to you in a coffee shop or sitting forlornly in a park. He could be walking along aimlessly in a shopping mall or sitting in the far corner of a dark movie house. Or it could be you. You are listless…
When was the last time you went for a vacation? If it was too long ago to remember, then it’s time to have one. Do it now while you can. Going on a vacation and the traveling that comes with it is like a body-mind workout.