and Happily Enjoy My Coffee....

     I've been away from my blog for months. I've been busy, though. Outside work. Woodcrafts. Travel. Family. Faith. Love. Now, with Winter looming (I may buy a treadmill so I can get out of my recliner and walk) perhaps blogging can also fill some of my extra free time.

    For an old man, busy-ness does give one's life some kind of significance. I've at times lately felt a bit irrelevant; I'm truly not as necessary or able as I once was. Other folks close to me have their own lives and priorities and time demands into which I don't fit all that much. The kids are responsible and nearing middle age; the grandchildren are maturing and finding their own ways as well. My experience and advice are truly not as pertinent as possibly they once were.

     Work, school, and church activities are handled well by others now. Major physical activities about the house and yard will soon have to be accomplished by others. Our health--not terribly bad--is placing some limits upon our activity. Life has simply and slowly changed, and I'm trying to adjust. Unfortunately, dreaming and thinking "young" are Romantic and misleading concepts.  
     Forgive me the pun, but I'm realizing that relevance is irrelevant. I feel very good about myself and my life. I feel relaxed (major stress a thing of the past) and at peace with myself. I'm completely aware of my opinions about almost everything and unlikely to change. I believe in Jesus and am looking forward to the glories of Heaven.
     So...as a result of all of this, I intend to get up in the mornings and happily enjoy my coffee and breakfast, putter about delightedly in my woodshop, contentedly watch old TV shows ignoring the news, catch pleasant naps whenever I so choose, and love my family in whatever ways I can find. God's blessings to you!