Don't Forget To give Treats To Yourselves
Saturday -- Beautiful sunny morning 13 C, it is double digit, great.
Yesterday was rain so everything giving beautiful look after shower.
It is 10.45, I was in my kitchen busy making banana berries shake
for my son and for my own self.
I never forget to give treats to myself. It is important to take good
care of our body. Mind and body are closely related. One goes off
the other one will be down too.
After that, will be tough to bring things back on track. Prevention
is always better than remedy. Nowadays, this is more important
as we are not going anywhere, to distract ourselves from routine
day to day pressure.
Staying home, all together, is demanding for everyone but needs
extra miles for we senior, to tackle things in the household.Those
living, all by themselves, things are tough for them too. But they
are Master of their house.
Nobody is there to question their undisputed authority. They are free
to do whatever they want, making their own plans, follow their own
schedule. Still sometimes, start feeling alone and lonely.
Living with family, is total different scenario.There are always people
around. But we need some privacy, time of our own. Here we have
to make compromises and adjustments to coordinate with everyone
around.
Not so simple, very demanding, especially at our age. But my dear,
nothing is total plus. We have to give away things, to get something
in return.
Push yourselves to look at the plus side. Focus on the positive aspects
and try to ignore the negative ones. We can not change the people and
things around.
The only thing we can do. We can change our own selves, especially
change our attitude. Attitude is everything. It can make or break
our personalities. Choices are yours.
Life is the same for everyone. It is like an unpaved path with bushes
around. We have to pick flowers of happiness from there.To live happily,
we have to be with an attitude of "to take glass as half full not as half empty".
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ReplyDeleteThe retirees did not have a blog reading today also however we talked about the blog on phone with our friend and our friend talked to someone else and so on. The blog was a very big hit with everyone. You focused on joint family living situations and the impact of covid 19 coronavirus on the seniors. This is very important and useful for us. We are all feeling very low and read your blogs to stay positive. Some of the retirees in the joint family living situation are facing a big problem because their grand kids and kids keep having arguments. In other cases, its the kids and their spouses who have arguments. We try to help but we dont know what to do. Can you help
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Dear Author,
ReplyDeleteWe are having a very challenging time with our parents. They do not understand that we need privacy also. They cant just come to our room after every 3-4 days. Also when they come they knock. This is very distracting as we are in the middle of our game or sometimes sleeping. We wish they would text us only. And the texting should not be more than 1 in a week. We know that they are paying for our phones but that does not mean that they text us 2 times a week as they normally do now. Also, they ask us to come in the family room to share a drink. This is usually their trick because they give us a long 3 min lecture. We know this is their trick because it happens about once every 2 weeks or so. What the hell is this ! This is ridiculous. We have our own things to do. Its because of this that we eat alone. We know that the Slupree boy, Master Golden and the lucky guy are not going through this because of you
Thank you
Literature Fellow.
My rude daughter in law wakes up and does not even say good morning to me. Also she talks back to me. She says she reads your blogs but I dont know what she is learning. I dont want to say anything but she is the most bizarre person, perhaps crazy
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Its good that you enjoy your time and does not bother anyone. My mother in law keeps bothering me. You are the best mother in law ever !
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ReplyDeleteFather say you give father good idea. Father say father yell Niklas because he no bring treat for father like you Niklas. Father say father yell Hannah because she lazee and no family. Father say father no say father old almost 67
ReplyDelete(Hannah say Hannah kris like you blog because you say attitude important. Hannah say Hannah put blog on fridge so all cab read and remember. Hannah say you write good advise about live with faamily Hannah say Hannah try improve attitude because Hannah get cranky when Hannah get kris tire. Hannah say Hannah no mind Hannah wake early and no mind give warm milk father at nite but Hannah no like when Kris plan kris party because Chancellor say not even niklas party allow because of virus. Hannah say you kris injoy. Hannah say Hannah want be like you when Hannah old. Hannah say you care you. Me say father no do big party but father say chancellor will no no. Me say Hannah scare that virus will come but father say she lazee. Father say Niklas lazee to because he no get treat for father. Me yell Niklas. Niklas sad. Father anger. Hannah tire. Me confuse. Me no no what do)
Oh Come ON! What is this ! Just give me a break - will yeah! I know .. I know ....
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ReplyDelete"Life is the same for everyone. It is like an unpaved path with bushes
around. We have to pick flowers of happiness from there.To live happily,
we have to be with an attitude of "to take glass as half full not as half empty".
Brilliant !!