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With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people’s gardens
And learn to spit.You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
😉😉
Also, you accused the OP of "preaching" (on their own post). You couched preaching in a negative way. I guess Jesus was awfully preachy because He pretty much said the same thing in scripture that the OP posted.
You say, "It’s like when someone has clinical depression and they’re told to cheer up, go look at pretty flowers and think happy thoughts. It doesn’t help and it trivializes a person’s struggle." This is SO TRUE! My half sister has a way of trivializing everything my DH & I are going through by saying "God will take care of it" as if to say "just sit there and do nothing and God will handle it all" which is NOT TRUE at all. We all have MUCH WORK to do ourselves in planning, and going to the doctor, and taking meds, and following instructions and after care plans, etc, FIRST, and THEN we leave the rest in God's hands. That's how I look at the whole life picture personally; that we have a big part to play in our own health and we ask for God's help in taking an active role in our health care.
Which reaffirms NGE's great quote, "God is on the side with the best artillery" - Napoleon Bonaparte
And it's not just 'old people' that have health problems! It's young, old, middle age, and everyone in between, too.
I'm all about putting your faith in God, but at the same time you have been given the gift of the ability to prepare for things that happen to you in life. Hopefully old age will be one of those things, and I would rather have God's help AND a healthy portfolio to help offset any costs. God has a lot to handle, any help I can give by being prepared will benefit both of us.
However… This isn’t a place to preach. People on here are suffering. Their loved ones are suffering. So when someone advises to ‘just turn to God!’ it comes across as trite and tone-deaf.
It’s like when someone has clinical depression and they’re told to cheer up, go look at pretty flowers and think happy thoughts. It doesn’t help and it trivializes a person’s struggle.