{"id":724,"date":"2017-04-11T16:24:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=724"},"modified":"2017-04-11T16:24:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:24:44","slug":"the-good-young-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/11\/the-good-young-days\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Young Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The \u2018good old days<\/em>,\u2019 they should be called the \u2018good young days<\/em>.\u2019 You start out with nothing ahead of you but unfilled dreams, and then before you know you it, you\u2019re hydroplaning down the high-way. You slide, \u201csafe\u201d right into home base. You\u2019re shook up a little, but life is good and you keep right on trucking down the highway. You\u2019re young and tough, you can tackle any obstacle. Life happens and before you know it you\u2019re forty-five. Hair begins to thin. Little pot belly shows up, \u2018Hello, where\u2019d you come from. Maybe a jog would be nice. Oh no, that\u2019s not going to happen.\u2019 You eat dinner, sit in front of the ole tube, begin to watch something exciting, and before you know it your out cold, and snoring. All of a sudden something hits you right between your eyes. You jump fully awake, yell, \u2018What\u2019s going on?\u2019 Looking around, have witted, you see the culprit. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong honey?\u201d<\/h6>\n
Then you turn sixty. The \u2018good young days\u2019 become the \u2018good old days\u2019 because you are living them. You\u2019re old and you wonder, \u2018Where did all the time go?\u2019<\/h6>\n
Ever feel like that? Where\u2019d the \u2018good young days\u2019 go?<\/h6>\n
If you\u2019re let\u2019s say, ten to thirty years of age, let me give you a tiny-bit of wisdom I\u2019ve learned in my sixty-three years.<\/h6>\n
Slow down; don\u2019t go so fast, take time to live each day better and happier. Stuff, just doesn\u2019t matter. Don\u2019t wait til your old to understand that.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Take care of your teeth. You\u2019ve probably heard that before but it is true. When you reach my age it gets harder to chew.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Keep all the friends you make in life because there is nothing more valuable than good friends. And remember to be a good friend too, sometimes we forget that part. In order to have a friend you have to be a friend. Good advice from my dear departed mama.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Jobs will come and jobs will go but from the start do something you are really passionate about because you are going to be doing it for a long time and it\u2019s much better to do something that makes you happy, and get paid for, than to be burnt out from doing something that\u2019s mundane that drains your gifts and talents.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Kiss and hug the people you love often, as much as you can. All too soon they leave us and you will miss them terribly when they\u2019re gone. Mend bridges and forgive as many times as it takes. Life is really very short don\u2019t waste a minute of it fighting, and holding onto grudges. Just, like that \u201cFrozen\u201d song says, \u201cLet It Go.\u2019<\/em><\/h6>\n
Laugh and laugh and laugh. Laughter will heal many ailments and no one likes to be around a sour-puss\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n
Say your prayers. Talking to God is very important. Listening to him is more important.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Complement others and tell them how you really feel. Give respect and you\u2019ll receive respect. Honor your parents. They brought you into the world and they can take you out\u2026no just kidding. But God says, if you honor them you\u2019ll have long life. And that\u2019s a good thing. And remember to call them. They get lonely and love to hear from their children.<\/em><\/h6>\n
You\u2019ll have some regrets; that\u2019s just part of life, but you\u2019ll have far fewer ones if you do what\u2019s right and live upright before God and your fellow man.<\/em><\/h6>\n
You can kill more people with unkind words than a weapon. Use your words wisely.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Be honest, and true. Be polite and share. Work for what you have and don\u2019t live above your means. Be responsible for what you do. And in the end when you look back on the \u2018good young days\u2019 you\u2019ll be amazed what a full, beautiful life you\u2019ve lived.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Take it from this old lady. Life is good. God is good. And though I have some regrets I have far more love and thankfulness in my heart for a life lived and blessed than all my sorrows. God is right; His peace goes far beyond my understanding. When you forgive you receive peace.<\/em><\/h6>\n
–Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill April 11, 2017<\/h6>\n
Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread. Psalm 37:26 NLT<\/strong><\/h6>\n
A man who has<\/em> friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who<\/em> sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24 New King James Version (NKJV)<\/strong><\/h6>\n
A merry heart does good, like<\/em> medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. Proverbs 17:22 New King James Version (NKJV)<\/strong><\/h6>\n