RE-tirement

Retirement is such an odd dynamic in life. Just the word implies static, lack of movement and retreat. Many in this time of life invest a tremendous amount of energy moving backward in life. Resentment, regret, and life hurts dominate and sap their energy and ravage their bodies. Life by design is dynamic, moving forward towards the light not retreating from it. It is purposeful and growth oriented.

Our bodies change, create limitations, or simply just whisper in our ears that the end to this physical journey we are on is nearing. They may not look like they once did but rather reflect the beauty of years of life experience that equip us to thrive in this time of growth.

But regardless of how our bodies may limit us we press on to the goal of becoming the person we were designed to be. To seize all of the opportunities for creative desires and opportunities for we are given. We make peace with those times in our past where we were not the person we wanted to be.

We resolve regret and seek to make amends wherever we can. And then, we move forward to love with our whole hearts. We thrive. We become. We savor the beauty of our lives. And when our bodies nudge us with physical pain we smile and enjoy the memories and the life experience that make us, US