Current Dilemma

by Irwin Lengel
(Auburndale FL USA)

Good morning:

I would say that I have been a bad boy by not posting any funny stories. But truth of the matter is one thing about me - I must be in the mood and unfortunately the past few days (who am I kidding - months) - daily chores sort of took over although one can only do so many chores in a day. Bottom line is one thing led to another and another and well let's just say by the time the chores were done, so was my mind, and the mood wasn't on my side, leastwise not my writing side.

There are times I wake up and think to myself, perhaps you should write another book - this one about the trials and tribulations how the loss of a loved on after 62 plus years of marriage affects one. I must say the idea does intrigue me although I am finding that many people, leastwise friends here in the community and relatives, do not read Kindle created books. So, who would be my audience?

But I will say this - I am finding (and this might be due to the time of the year) each day is a challenge. If one keeps themselves busy, things seem to go okay, but stop being busy - and lookout!

The other thing one learns while going through the grieving process is that we must not stop doing exercises - even if such exercises were only stretching fifteen minutes every morning and taking a walk outside (weather permitting) at least five of the seven days in a week. Believe me when I say, one doesn't realize how fast your body can go into a - how shall I put this - "shutdown mood!"

What to do, what to do? One thing I do know is that I have to move on (not forget the past) but involve oneself in something to take your mind off your current situation. The reality of it is, we cannot change what has happened, but it is within our power to (tuck those fond and happy memories away - not forget - just tuck them away), pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and move on. If one had a hobby, they could immerse themselves in that but other than writing - I do Sudoku - and well, what can I say, that only holds one's interest for a short time.

Didn't mean to dump on fellow writers - but it is 12:40 A.M. here and I cannot sleep so I thought well, get up and write something. And (this is just my opinion) getting one's thoughts down on paper and sharing with others, hopefully, will help bring me out of the slump and get me writing again.

So that this post isn't a "downer" and to show I haven't quite lost my sense of humor, I will end this with a funny so that anyone reading this will hopefully chuckle and smile and as I used to say - then my job is done here. Thanks for allowing me to share with both retirees and those considering retirement.

Now that Mr. Anderson was retired, he finally had the time to read as much as he wanted to, the only problem he had was finding enough time to find his reading glasses.

Until next time!