{"id":2439,"date":"2009-03-07T20:44:38","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=2439"},"modified":"2023-03-18T08:58:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T00:58:29","slug":"55-the-celebration-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=2439","title":{"rendered":"55 – the celebration years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi All SHCians, this was from Lee Patrick SJ which I had post on his behalf for this time only. <\/p>\n

So Patrick, next time, you have post on your own liao.. ok… Dolly <\/strong><\/p>\n

~ For Those Over 55 Years Old ~<\/font>
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Read and get on with celebrating your life!<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Time is like a river . . .<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You cannot touch the same water twice, <\/u><\/font>because the flow has passed and will never pass again.<\/u>  <\/font><\/p>\n

Enjoy every moment of life.<\/font><\/span>
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– For those almost 55, get ready.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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– For those where 55 is a long way off, help your parents do it.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For Those Over 55 Years Old :
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\n<\/font><\/font>1<\/font>. Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating material things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/font> 2<\/font>. Plan to spend whatever you have saved.  You deserve to enjoy it and the healthy years you have left.  <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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<\/font>Travel if you have not done so.<\/font>  Don’t leave anything for your children or loved ones to quarrel about.  <\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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By leaving too much, you may even cause more trouble when you are gone.<\/u><\/font><\/span> 
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\n<\/font> <\/font>3<\/font>. Live in the here and now, not in the yesterdays and tomorrows.  It is only today that you can handle.  <\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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\n<\/font> <\/font>4<\/font>. Enjoy your grandchildren (if blessed with any) but don’t be their full time baby sitter.  <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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You have no moral obligation to take care of them.  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n
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Don’t have any guilt about refusing to baby sit anyone’s kids, including your own grandkids.  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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Your parental obligation is to your children.  After you have raised them into responsible adults, <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

your duties of child-rearing and babysitting are finished.  <\/font>Let your children raise their own off-springs.<\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> <\/font>5<\/font>. Accept physical weakness, sickness and other physical pains.  It is a part of the ageing process.  <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Enjoy whatever your health can allow.<\/font><\/span>
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\n<\/font>6<\/font>. Enjoy what you are and what you have right now.  STOP working hard for what you do not have.  <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If you don’t have them, it’s probably too late.<\/font><\/span>
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<\/font>People, who truly love you, love you for yourself, not for what you have<\/u>.<\/font>  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
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Anyone who loves you for what you have will just give you  misery.  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

And you’d probably know that by now.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>8<\/font>. Forgive and accept forgiveness.  Forgive yourself and others.  <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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E<\/font>njoy peace of mind and peace of soul.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Death is the beginning of a new and better life.  <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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So, prepare yourself not for death but for a new life towards the realms of eternity.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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You are the children of the universe.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hi All SHCians, this was from Lee Patrick SJ which I had post on his behalf for this time only.  So Patrick, next time, you have post on your own liao.. ok… Dolly  ~ For Those Over 55 Years Old ~ Some recipients below 55 included : ) Read and get on with celebrating your life! Time is like a river … Continue reading “55 – the celebration years”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50149,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439\/revisions\/50149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}