Today is my Mom’s birthday. From this picture of her, my dad, and me (taken last month), you can try to guess her secret age, but you’ll probably be wrong because she’s so healthy for her years. Her longevity’s a tremendous blessing and reminds me of all that you and I can do in our senior years.
For example, not only did my mom teach me to sew from my earliest years, more recently she’s loved sewing teddy bears for all the babies she knows and for charitable causes. She starts every day with prayer and daily devotions, and she’s a regular churchgoer who initiated and leads a neighborhood Bible study. She reads voraciously and loves discussing books. After years of helping out a soup kitchen weekly, she’s coordinated countless meals for people recovering from unfortunate circumstances. She has a gift of hospitality and uses it more than anyone I know to entertain with abounding grace. Besides all that, she’s a sharp bridge player! An extrovert with lots of energy, she takes great interest in her friends, relatives, husband, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild.
My motto, which Mom exemplifies, is: It’s never too late to express your CREATIVE GENIUS or to fulfill your SACRED CALLING.
Her birthday is a reminder to ask yourself:
- what you’re not doing that you’d like to plan or start to do;
- how your creativity plays into your business or family life or retirement;
- how you might improve your self-care so you’re more likely to stay active longer . . . and of course
- what your creative genius is (because you can define it however you’d like) and
- what your sacred calling is (because that’s your divine purpose).
If you’d like to hear it, I have a recording available on
How to Discover Your Sacred Calling.
A great gift to me and my mom would be if you’d say a little prayer right now for her and all of our extended family. Thank you!