Turning the Page to Old: Haiku & Senryu

Aging happens; it is an inescapable part of life. The question is: What relationship does one want to have with the ways in which the body and mind change over time? There is undeniable decline, yet there can also be continued learning, enrichment, expansion. Although there is no “right way” to age, attitude does matter. As the bumper sticker suggests: “The Most Precious Things in Life aren’t Things.” On this last leg of the journey, let light-heartedness be a counterbalance to despair; discern meaning in the midst of the ever-increasing vacuousness that surrounds us.
my last will buried somewhere
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cherishing
the small things
toilet seat warmer
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65th birthday
is it time to retire
the clocks?
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don’t look back
don’t look forward
the Eternal How
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guess what
ob-la-di, ob-la-da
life goes on