{"id":6301,"date":"2014-01-19T01:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allandouglas.com\/blog\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:40","slug":"growing-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/growing-older\/","title":{"rendered":"GROWING OLDER"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Calvin<\/a><\/span><\/strong>The poet made a healthy observation when he wrote, “Let me grow lovely growing old.”\u00a0 He understood that life can become either bitter or better as our years advance.\u00a0 We are created with a capacity to adjust to whatever circumstances life imposes upon us.\u00a0 If we develop a positive disposition toward negative situations we can find the poet’s beauty in growing old.\u00a0 On the other hand, if we allow negativity to dominate we will develop a sour disposition. The years will take a terrible toll if we allow circumstances to defeat us.\u00a0 The poet implies that it is possible to have an aging attractiveness.\u00a0 We can turn the scars of life into beauty marks. Our wrinkles can produce\u00a0smiles instead of frowns.\u00a0 Our experiences can be used as a tender tool to encourage the next generation.\u00a0 As the years transpire, we can develop the gift of growing lovely as we age.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is important that we monitor the aging process in our lives to see what is happening.\u00a0 Sometimes it is helpful to make a comparative study of those who precede us.\u00a0 Some folk remain vivacious and kind to the end of their days.\u00a0 Others become disgruntled and hateful in their twilight years.\u00a0 They develop frowns on their faces.\u00a0 They appear angry and sad.\u00a0 We do well to work on our faces, not so much with cosmetics, but with some smiles and laughter that let our inner beauty show.\u00a0 Expressions on our faces reveal a lot about us.\u00a0 It might surprise us to know what others think about our countenance.\u00a0 Does our appearance reflect the joy of life or the sadness of growing old?<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The kind of person we are has a way of emerging to the surface.\u00a0 Character cannot be camouflaged indefinitely.\u00a0 Our true person comes to the surface by how we look, what we say, and how we say it.\u00a0 The attention we give to our soul’s development adds more to our beauty than any kind of face-lift we receive.\u00a0 If we want our cosmetics to really work, then we add some love, joy, peace, and hope to our outward appearance.\u00a0 Personal radiance is the product of good grooming and personal hygiene from the inside out.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How well do you smile?\u00a0 Do you reflect God’s love or the devil’s disposition?\u00a0 Is your attitude one of complaint or encouragement?\u00a0 Charisma, charm, and grace belong to the same word family.\u00a0 Remember we can grow lovely as we grow older.\u00a0 It is a matter of make-up within and without.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The poet made a healthy observation when he wrote, “Let me grow lovely growing old.”  He understood that life can become either bitter or better as our years advance.  We are created with a capacity to adjust to whatever circumstances life imposes upon us.  If we develop a positive disposition toward negative situations we can … Continue reading “GROWING OLDER”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matters-of-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19145,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6301\/revisions\/19145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}