"Adjusting to Accepting Reality"

"Adjusting To Accepting Reality..."
  
As we get older, we look at life differently. We hope that we no longer get consumed and obsessed with accumulating things we don't really need; no longer get fixated and affected by people whose goals are to make us miserable because their own personal life reflect misery. That's pitiful and watch for those that wear cloaks whose main intentions are to harm you.

They say that getting older is a gift. In what sense? Well, you get to journey with learning how to adjust faster; cultivate an ability to make big shifts quickly. That's the wisdom that you develop while aging gracefully. 
When something in your life no longer worked, wallowing yourself in self-pity is not acceptable. You have come a long way in this life therefore you owe yourself to bounce back. Just think of those people who have gone before you and have not experienced the true wisdom that comes only when you're getting older.

For me now I hope not to digress from my new path. I don't wanna look back nor regret my choices that didn't bring me real victories or may be real happiness. I have little sentiment over those experiences. There is no good pretending that was used to be true was still true when clearly it wasn't, or that what really was true, no matter how unpleasant, really wasn't. 

One thing we can't evade thinking is our mortality. Could we be ready about it? No; Yes. We really don't know when our time comes and when God takes us without a warning. That's why it is very important to self-introspect where you are at every moment. Where is your heart, its condition when it's time to go? Do you know where you gonna go after death? Heaven or hell?

I was reading this book today entitled "Chasing Daylight." I started reading the middle part to its ending. I looked at the table of contents and just picked the contents that are interesting to me. Then I was enthralled with how it got me emotionally that I continued on reading from the beginning. 
The book talks about how a 53 year old man, who at his peak of success and accolades was diagnosed with brain tumor on its last stage. Inoperable. Never had symptoms except may be minor headaches; physically fit and on the top of its game, in the business world. 
For one thing, this didn't break him and never asked, "Why me Lord?" Having given only 100 days, he made a list of making closures--inside and outside his inner circles. He emailed, wrote letters of gratitude to his closest friends inviting them to create perfect moments while with them. Made a lot of phone calls amidst his radiation schedules. He made them happen--the closures especially one with himself. He discovered in the last few weeks of his life that he has a great connection with water. Water as he said is life, endless.

It was a good read. One that I would reflect on with his strong insights about making the last phase of his life, fulfilling and as he calls it...perfect moment.

With this reading, I have come to realize that even in a death sentence, one could still live with dignity and in truth-- a time, an opportunity for us to get our hearts right with God. 

Thanks for reading and Take care always.
God Bless