V i r g i l ’ s V i e w s

Part IV

During a visit at another senior center I saw a man who was slyly close to an attractive young employee.  He seemed to whisper something in her ear.  She turned and pushed to the side and angrily shouted “Oh, you’re interested in only one thing.”  And then she had to tell him what it was.

One afternoon I visited an elderly gentleman in his home, and on walking in I noticed something in his ear.  Getting closer I remarked “Why, you have a suppository in your ear.”  In a sign of recognition he put his hand to his forehead and gasped  “Now I know where I put my hearing aid.”

In managing our senior years we can use the word cope, popular several years ago, but still useful.  Obviously most seniors cope fairly well.  After all, we’ve had years to learn how.  As an aid to coping in our daily routines, let’s keep in mind the well-worn slogan “Attitude is everything.”  It affirms that  thinking can make it so, a principle advocated in cognitive therapy,

We can all lament the disappointments in our lives.  We may not have achieved our youthful ambitions.  But we can be certain of one thing!  We have reached a certain age!  We have a birth certificate (or driver’s license to prove it).  Recently, I had a disquieting thought.  Maybe they made a mistake on my birth certificate.  Maybe, I’m really ten years younger.  The initial ecstasy vanished on thinking about the consequences.  I would have to return social security and company pension payments as well as discounts received from McDonalds, the airlines, movie theaters etc.   Even more troubling would be a mistake made in addting ten years to the actual birth date.   It’s better to stay where I am and think about Mark Twain’s comment:  “I’m an old man. and I’ve known many troubles, but most of them never happened.”   Here are two troubles that probably never happen to anyone.

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