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Entering The Autumn Of My Life

I knew it was coming a few years ago. I gave up fighting the waist line and playing basketball and sports in general. It wasn’t so much the physical stress that affected me as much as the mental stress. I was not ready for the mental slow down.

I turned 65 without much fan fare but a nice birthday party and good fellowship with friends and my wife of 40 years. My, how the time has flown by. Seems like only yesterday I was at the top of my game. I showed others how to succeed and taught others how to live life to the fullest. Now, I am being shown, very graciously by others, how to sit back and let someone else take control of the situation and life’s challenges.

I sit in amazement at the computers and applications that I see interact effortlessly with the younger generation while I struggle with email and face-book and all of the smart phones. I recall, much to the younger generation’s chagrin, how I made it through life without any of these fancy gadgets, but deep inside, wish I could handle the information age with as much ease as they do.

I am forced, by my physical limitations and also my mental limitations, to stand down while my mind still tries to handle situations like I did 40 years ago.  Am I ready to give up? No way!

I am ready to enter a new phase in my life. It requires walking away from all of the electronic gadgets and life style that I have grown dependent on. It requires walking toward my children, grandchildren, and wife to re-discover the fun filled weekends, the evening games, the holding of hands, and the enjoyment I get when I just stay close to her. After all, she is the one who gave me meaning and direction when I met her. We have raised her 3 children, adopted 4 more, and fostered several more. What a fulfillment I have received from marrying her.

All of my life was planned to work toward retirement. Now, slowing down has to be planned as well. I have a fear of becoming not needed. Not a big fear but somewhat a fear of being left out. I watched as my parents aged and then passed on. I watched as Robert and Mary, who were so vibrant and independent, slowly wind their life down in a nursing home. How many times I prayed they would pass on without the indignity of nursing home care that is inevitable.

So, the problem is learning to stay busy and focused with purpose. I must adapt and change over to a different mindset and mental strategy. I must find purpose when it is not obvious, keep applying myself to things I can do and be good at.

I am good at building relationships because I have spent the last 40 years building relationships with friends and families. I am good at being a grandparent because I love kids and enjoy being around them. I am good at being a parent because no matter how old I get, they are still my children. I am good at loving life and enjoying the day. I am good at flying, since I haven’t crashed, fishing, picnics, and just having a good time. I am good at living.

When I think my retirement through, I am happy I have made it this far. I am looking forward to entering the autumn of my life. Winter is still some time away and I plan on enjoying this autumn to the fullest. I may be older and slower but I am more matured and have had more experience in having fun and enjoying life than my younger friends.

I think I will go and find the love of my life and see what mischief I can get into. Yes sir, I think this is one autumn I am looking forward to.

 
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How To Create The Winning Edge

Do you ever wonder why some people succeed and others fail? Do you ever wonder what the success people do that the unsuccessful people don’t do?

For a long time I just figured they were born wealthy, rich and famous. Then I met a few people, especially athletes that overcame difficult odds to win. In their rise to the top, they were not wealthy, rich or famous. So, what drove them to succeed?

They were people. Just like you or me. They got up every morning, ate breakfast and started their mundane and routine day. They returned home at night, ate supper and went to bed. They arose the next morning to repeat the same process.

  • If it wasn’t riches.
  • If it wasn’t wealth.
  • If it wasn’t being famous.
  • Then what was it?

It was an attitude! That’s right: ATTITUDE

The attitude is determined by an inner drive. It is more than positive thinking. Positive thinking is going to get you so far and then it is of no value. In order to succeed and succeed big, positive thinking is required but positive thinking does not create the winning edge. It may help you attain a winning edge but before one is truly a winner there has to be something deeper, something not seen, that can give one the advantage so they can obtain the winning edge.

One of the first items in creating the winning edge and the most important item as well, is being able to see the end result, the winner. If you can’t see yourself standing at the podium receiving your award or see yourself as the slim sexy good looking person or see yourself being able to write a large check, then obtaining the winning edge in any of the illustrations is not possible. Why? Mainly, because this universe is set up to reward those who deserve to be rewarded. And if you don’t see yourself as being worthy, then you can’t see yourself as receiving the reward.

Everyone wants to make a million dollars but few are willing to do the necessary tasks to be paid that kind of money. Wealth comes to those, especially in America, who are willing to work for it. Let’s say you win the lottery and overnight you are 100 million dollars richer. Do you know that most people who win the lottery are broke within a few years after winning the money? Why? Because their mindset is not used to handling that large sum of money.

Poverty, especially in America, is mainly a mindset. Poor people tend to stay poor and rich people tend to stay rich. If you find someone who was poor and is now wealthy you will find that they started where they were and saved and spent their money wisely. By doing this day after day they became wealthy. When did they become wealthy? The first day they started handling their money wisely. The end result was not seeable with the naked eye but it was there from day one. At some point the persons mindset went from a mindset of lack to a mindset of much. Once that mindset was established and nurtured it was only a matter of time until the person became wealthy. In other words he created the winning edge.

This inner drive or spiritual drive is not a result of evolution or meditation. It is not a result of self discipline or structured living. This inner drive is the spirit of man that was put into us when we were created. It is not physical but a spiritual part of man that operates divinely in a materialistic world. The spirit is there and can be developed to enable one to live a very rewarding life.

One of the best ways to develop your spirit is by reading and mediating on God’s word. If you will put the Bible to practical use it will mature your thinking and spirit and create a winning attitude that is fantastic. Think how much more successful you would be if you had God on your side. Well friend, God is on your side. Our problem is we have believed wealth and riches were for the evil people and crooks and therefore ran away from God’s blessings. If we had read our Bibles we would have found out that God was for us and not against us.

So the secret to creating a winning edge is to draw close to God and have him show you what you need to do to serve and help others. In doing this he will promote you and give you a winning edge that will be better than any reward you could conceive.

Quit fighting the one who can give you all things.

Terry Warner

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