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What do You do When the Warning Light Comes On?

Last week a little red light appeared in the console of our car accompanied by the words “Check Engine.” Over the years I have destroyed two engines by ignoring this light so this time we immediately had the engine checked.  This got me thinking about the other warning lights that appear in our life and the importance of heeding them.   …

You’re are NOT too old. You’re just Ripe!

It was only a few years ago that I dragged a lame excuse out of the closet to help me avoid getting involved in living again.  “I’m too old,” too old to take an art class, too old to exercise, to old to seek new adventures.  I used it even as I watched other people hobbling around on the same …

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How to Make it to 70 Fully Alive. Don’t…….

Do you want to avoid recliner rot? This post is a letter from a lady I call the 70 year old princess.  She is excited about living fully alive and believe me, it shows. I purposely did not include her picture here but you will see it when you read her letter in the post. Elaine has the kind of …

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Dead Last – Fully Alive!

I did something new this Labor day weekend.  I competed in the “15th Annual Tenderfoot Mountain Duathlon.”  This was a race longer than any I have ever done in thinner air than I had ever run.  25 miles of cycling followed immediately by a 10k (6.2 miles) run.  At the start I was full of enthusiasm, wondering if would I …