How Friday became Wednesday
Do you remember Maria from my previous newsletter? Our old lady who became a real hero when helping another old lady out of the troubled situation she was in.
Maria is a colorful lady, having ideas and doing things that keep surprising. First of all, she is active. She is not just watching TV all day. Either she goes out shopping, or she is shopping from home through the TV shop – or she is arranging a party for her neighbors!
Today it is Wednesday and Maria called her neighbor Peter and told him that she was going to have a party this very evening. Why exactly now, he asked? Well, she felt a bit ill and since you never know what will happen, it was better to have the party now than on Friday.
“But why a party?” – Peter was puzzled.
“Because, my mother would have had a birthday on Friday, had she still been alive. I want to celebrate this.”
So, this is now happening. Peter and another neighbor helped by going out shopping a few things, making a great birthday party out of it. If I know them right, they will have a cognac or two after the dinner, because nothing prevents them from doing it. Probably, they can imagine the late mother being with them there, saluting her.
I can’t help thinking at times that older people are wiser than the younger ones – they live their lives now. They do not live in a future for which they must always prepare, requiring them to hold back now. No, they live right now and enjoy life as much as they can, while they can. They are only too aware that “you never know what will happen!” – and instead of getting scared about that fact, they just take it into account when planning the day.
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