TIME OUT

Murray Gellen

    I think it’s a good idea to do some mental reflections regarding who we are. After all, we are senior residents living in a retirement community. As such, we have an abundance of life experiences to think about. You may have moments of reminiscence that you might share with one another, or you might find yourself having nostalgic moments nagging you from the past.

     It’s moments of nostalgia that could trap your feelings of the past which can be depressing BUT! You are resilient and very able to move forward. If you spend too much time allowing yourself to long for the past, you will find yourself not really using your memory but even feeling so depressed that you could become resentful for the present.  

    Nostalgia can sometimes be kin to homesickness.  Reminiscing allows us to remember the past without delving into self-pity and offers us memories we can handle with ease. It seems like it’s more comfortable to share our past by reminiscing.  

    It can be a comforting experience.  Sometimes, we find ourselves smiling as we recall those past times when we just woke up over our past years.  They were and always will be precious. In our final reflections it’s “carpe diem”. It’s the present that counts. !…….…

“Seize the Moment”

 

                         WHAT IS THE TRUTH

    Most of the time I guess we think that what we say or believe is the truth. That’s fine. But keep in mind that what we consider to be the truth is only because we assume that we have an accurate concept of what we know. Maybe we need to have the patience to accept the idea that we don’t have enough evidence to conclude that we know the whole truth. It requires a certain amount of self-acceptance or humility to recognize that we don’t know the whole truth. A sense of humility can go a long way in helping us become a mature person. It takes much courage to open our minds to seek truth!

                      “Our hearts may be in the right place, but our minds need to catch up!”