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THE
JOYGRAM™
from Peggy Joyce, PCC, The Joy Coach™
Volume 1, Number 2, September 1, 2002
Circulation: Ever-Growing
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AGE
I
just had a birthday. A couple of weeks ago a close friend asked
me how old I was going to be. I know how old he is; in actual years,
he's younger than I am. I balked. I got coy. I acted mysterious.
I made jokes. I didn't give him THE answer. Other people asked me
this year how old I am. In terms of my birth certificate, I said
whatever I felt like saying at the time. And I've been thinking
a lot about this measure and judgment we call age.
My
friend said, "It doesn't matter to me how old you are." I feel that's
both true and not true. If it were literally true, he wouldn't have
asked because it would not be significant to anything. Something
about the age question does matter to him. So, what do we really
want to know when we ask how old someone is or was?
Sometimes
I want to know "How young are you?" or "Are we contemporaries? Do
I think I can possibly understand anything you believe?". I admit
that sometimes I want to know so I can compare how well I think
I'm doing. I invariably find myself asking how old someone was when
I hear of a death and tsk-tsking if the answer is under 60. I realize
that the years won't tell me a thing about the quality of anyone's
health, or the joy they experience, or the contributions they make,
or the love they give. I resolve never to ask again how old someone
is or was. I will ask what's really important: "How young is your
heart?" or "How much are you learning?" or "Did they enjoy life?".
How
old am I really? Vastly old and magnificently young. And I dance
like I'm still sixteen! How old would you think you are if you didn't
know when you were born?
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