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Change

6/2/2013

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It has been a while since I posted and the reason, mainly, is I have been looking for my new purpose (see previous post). As I have said before, I moved for financial reasons to a little town in North Carolina. This has been a big “change” for me since I do not even live in the little town. I live in the country with trees, wheat fields, and corn fields as scenery, snakes, buzzards, and muskrats as visitors, and cows, pigs, and goats for neighbors. I have been a “big city” girl my whole life and this has been a really big change.

However, my whole adult life has been about change. I have looked back and realized that even before I left my hometown of Memphis, TN, I was moving constantly to different parts of the city to
live.  When I decided to leave Memphis in my 30’s and moved to Charleston, SC, I did not realize that this move would set into action my “gypsy” ways. I then relocated about every 2 to 3 years to a city where I knew no one.  Friends asked me what I was running away from and my answer was I was running toward adventure, aka change.  As a result, I have met some wonderful people whom I still call friends, and I have had many adventures exploring my new cities.

Well, it appears I have started those gypsy ways again, only this time I am a senior with some disabilities and a limited income. That is a big change from my younger years when I was armed with certifications and technical abilities that procured me viable working opportunities. 
Now, although I still have those certifications and abilities, I am also a senior citizen.  Doors of opportunities do
no open as readily.

Here comes my new change. This one is a little more frightening. It is going to take more investigation and exploration to find a “change” that makes me happy.  I have looked at some of those options that are available.

Possibilities include a new charity project, going to church activities more regularly, joining and attending a senior center’s activities, and starting to paint, write, or even attend classes at a university. Whatever I do, it really must be more than “killing time.”  I must find a “change” in my new life that will stimulate and challenge me for the time I have left.  
 
Although some seniors are adverse to change, I hope they realize, as I have, that change can be wonderful. Staying where you are in your comfort zone might prevent you from experiencing a new and exciting older life.  What was good for you when you were younger might not be the ticket for your senior years. I am challenging you to change something in your life, if you can. You might be surprised, after the terror wears off, how invigorating change can be.


 
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