...Though I'm sure each of us knows benefits of getting older at different ages, what about 50s?
My situation is unusual. I became disabled 14 yrs ago. My health has taken a recent turn for the worse with immune system problems, and I struggle with some pain, some isolation, and some loneliness. I have trouble with agoraphobia and social phobia, so hardly see people much in person.
One thing that's made me happy recently has been the sudden ability to write again after a long writers' block. Another has been a great political discussion group I feel very much understood in, but also challenged by. I guess it's finally struck home that I can live one day at a time, and have to make the best of my situation. Most of all, I think, is that I actually feel like I am an OK person, w/ little or no need to prove anything.
Anyway, all of this is just so FREEING. I guess I just had no idea the rewards of getting through some very hard times -- and learning to love life in any limited context -- would be about the coolest feeling EVER.
Has anyone else gone through this, too?
My situation is unusual. I became disabled 14 yrs ago. My health has taken a recent turn for the worse with immune system problems, and I struggle with some pain, some isolation, and some loneliness. I have trouble with agoraphobia and social phobia, so hardly see people much in person.
One thing that's made me happy recently has been the sudden ability to write again after a long writers' block. Another has been a great political discussion group I feel very much understood in, but also challenged by. I guess it's finally struck home that I can live one day at a time, and have to make the best of my situation. Most of all, I think, is that I actually feel like I am an OK person, w/ little or no need to prove anything.
Anyway, all of this is just so FREEING. I guess I just had no idea the rewards of getting through some very hard times -- and learning to love life in any limited context -- would be about the coolest feeling EVER.
Has anyone else gone through this, too?