As I get older I want to be a winner
A contributor not just an observer
To move from success to significance
To leave a legacy not just a will
To finish the work I was called to
And to win I don’t need to come first
I just need to finish well.
The older I get
The easier it becomes
To see and separate
The important from the trivia.
Near the end of my life
My thoughts multiply
For the spiritual part of me
That is not going to die.
Every challenge that I meet
Every struggle I overcome
Are all in preparation
Bringing me one step nearer home.
I don’t understand what I’m here for
Life seems to be passing me by
I once was so needed and happy
But all I seem to do now is sigh.
I used to direct; was looked up to
But now I must do what I’m told
The reason you see is quite simple
I am no longer young but old.
But as I look back at life’s pathway
I remember so many good things
About people and special occasions
That my heart and mind take wings.
And now as I let my thinking soar
I find I’m not downcast any more
But thankful for the life I’ve had
For so many things that have made me glad.
As I get older
My independence goes
My thinking declines
I afternoon doze
My friends depart
I’m left alone
My hearing fails
I can’t hear the phone
BUT
God has given
A good thing to me
I have lots & lots in my memory
In my mind I can see
Days long ago when I was young
Full of life/Not so slow
People & places, so many faces
Colleagues, friends, family
All so clear in my memory
So
I thank the Lord
That He had this idea
A retreat for the mind
That would bring very near
So many sweet moments
For me to hold dear.
Where did my life go?
Yesterday I was young
Today I am old
The hours between
Span a lifetime.
A night of dreams
Expectations fulfilled.
Now morning memories
Come flooding in
They overwhelm me
I’m carried away
On waves of love
A wonderful reverie.
My life moves on.
I feel very old and tired today
The weather doesn’t help, very dull and grey.
Sometimes I wish I could return to the past
When I had vigour, energy; could move about fast.
But the years of time have caught up with me
Have turned me into someone I don’t want to be.
Someone who is often ill, weak and ailing
Whose physical faculties are gradually failing.
Whose mind struggles to grasp something new
Striving each day to see things through.
But no one can ever turn the clock back
So I will just have to learn to live with the lack.
The lack of so much I could do before
How easily I was able to pass through each door!
So many doors are now closed; life is tough
In my old age I hope that my love is enough.
Father time marches on
And Mother time too
But God has promised
“When you have grey hair
I will carry you.”
If you find yourself in the winter season
God has kept you for a reason
As long as you have a dream in your heart
It won’t be the time for you to depart
With the Lord no time is wasted
He has much in you invested
So although you’re feeling full of years
Just keep on praying-even with tears
Prayer will break down every wall
So on your feet, walk tall!
Psalm 71 & Isaiah 46:4
