Traveling home for Christmas, there was a cute little old lady in the airport with three suitcases.
"I'm going on a cruise with my best friend from Sacramento," she told the attendant who was kindly helping her. "The cruise will leave out of Florida, but we'll spend a day in California."
Her voice was high; her eyes bright. Excited.
She made me smile. Probably in her 60's, her independence seemed in tact.
She also made me think:
1. About growing old.
2. About relationships.
It's no secret that I can be a bit of a tyrant. I get tired and cranky. Tired of myself; tired of the shit that piles up, faster and faster, daily. All this shit I could really do without. Things like filling out insurance forms; paying late fees for $50 parking tickets; meetings about meetings; my dear friends who can't just buck up and ditch the losers who've been fucking with their heads for as long as we both can stand to remember. Yes, all this shit I could really do without.
But, the fact is that we have to deal with this stuff as we get old. Fact: we all only keep getting old.
The more grace we have in handling life's shit seems to positively impact our relationships as well.
So, handle your shit, be graceful and manage your relationships, and you just might find yourself on a Florida cruise, having the time of your life with a great friend when you're 66.
Can it just be that easy?
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