In last week's warm thoughts column we shared thoughts on the importance of listening to the children. I never cease to be amazed at the words of wisdom children can give you when you really listen to them. My experience throughout the years has also been that one can gain wisdom and understanding when we really listened to the older generation. Their wealth of experiences are a treasure and need to be shared.

As a child, I would love to sit and listen to the conversations of my elders. Their joyful and challenging experiences continue to bless me as I hear them share their life experiences. Most recently, I was amazed at the memory and brilliant conversation I had with a young at heart woman over 100 years old. She is an example of really living every day of her life. In a recent issue of "Mature Living," we are reminded of the ages of some of the movers and shakers we all know about: Oliver Wendell Holmes retired from the Supreme Court when he was 91. Thomas Edison invented until he died at the age of 85. Arturo Toscani was 83 when he conducted his orchestra on tour across our nation. Michelangelo, when he was nearly 90, was painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel lying on his back on a scaffold. Monet was painting some of his masterpieces past 85. Moses was 80 when God called him to lead Israel to freedom. Alfred Tennyson wrote "Crossing the Bar" when he was 83. We really live when life has a purpose. Someone has stated that "the golden years offer a glorious new life and that the senior years are, in all truth, the golden years of opportunity."

Warm Thought: We are never too old to be happy, to laugh and smile and sing. Never too old for a childlike trust that a blessing each day will bring. Perkins. Celebrate life every day of your life!

Warm Thoughts from Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea by Luetta G Werner

Published in the Marion Record, January 22nd, 1998.

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