Jitterbug Time
Many of you elderly people can remember the days of jitterbugging during your youth. Many young folks will think it is a bug to be avoided. This article is meant to encourage all, young and especially old to get the Jitterbug, to live until you cannot. There is much to accomplish and the elderly just might hold the keys to solutions of many problem of our society. Collectively, we are the national treasure for a great brain trust, if we just find the way they can tap it for the good of society. Get your jitterbug back and let’s boogie.
Well, in December, I added another year to my age. There was a time should someone call me old, now that would have angered me, but not now. It sounds so much better than dead. Don’t think I have ever dreaded getting old, didn’t have time to dread it, I was too busy dreaming, planning, playing and vacationing. Age is just one of those things in my life that slipped up on me, kind of quiet like. So now, I am old-you know something, age is so much a thing of the mind. Oh! Sure, I have more aches and pains, my balance is not what it use to be, and worst of all, I don’t see as well as I did once. Huh!? “What was that you said?”
Now if you think about it, that title up there is sort of strange, don’t you think? Many of the young folk that might be reading this won’t know what kind of bug I am talking about. Some of you fellow old folk (elderly) can’t remember for it has been too long. Those who do remember what “Jitter Bugging” was when we were young may remember how much fun it was, how many good times we had, but have long given up the art of jitterbugging. To those who do not know or can’t remember-that was the name of a fast dance of the early forties. Took people in reasonably good shape to perform many of those throws, and many never got them down pat. Most of us just had the basic steps and that provided more fun than you can imagine-if you have never done it. BUT-that is not what this story is about.
I have several theories on the aging process, one I mentioned previously, a thing of the mind. Another is the type of personality we have-of all the names given to this type or that type-it doesn’t matter. Some people must be around others, people like me are basically loners, some must always have something to be active with, people like me can be idle. It really does not matter the type you think you are-personality wise-you are first unique and can’t be put in a pigeon hole that has one definition for those in that hole. The point is-how you define your life up to the point you are “OLD” will pretty much define how you handle being elderly.
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