Living Our Later Years

By Lura Zerick

Are you simply enduring your life or living it?

No matter your age, you can live a more fulfilling, interesting, and exciting life. Maybe all you need to live your best life is a little encouragement, and thats exactly what Living Our Later Years is here to offer.

Are you missing out on what could be the best years of your life? Are you one of those people who has just given up on a better life because you've reached a certain age? Its time to take control again! Dont give up, dont stop moving, and dont stop dreaming of a new chapter in your life. There are still many wonderful and productive years ahead for those who are willing to grab the bull by the horns. Be bold and see what you can accomplish. Youll never know unless you try!

Author Lura Zerick used to dread each day, and she knew that was no way to live her life. Now she shares her enthusiasm for her new life, along with tips, quips, and no small amount of humor. Now she lives a life filled with challenge and a sense of achievement. Thanks to her new attitude and outlook, shes enjoying the best years of her life. She greets each morning with the thought that something wonderful is about to happen.

We all need goals to inspire us to our best lives. Aren't you ready to make something wonderful happen in your life?

• Language: English
• Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
• Release date: Oct 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781489702876

Lura Zerick

Lura Zerick,—now eighty-three—still hasn't learned the meaning of the words quit or can’t. When not baking for her twelve grandchildren or eight great-grandchildren, she is studying online to complete her BA in biblical studies. She lives on six acres in the Alabama woods. Lura can be reached at [e-mail]

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2014914772

LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 08/19/2014

Contents

Chapter 1    Learning To Adjust

Chapter 2    Attitude Determines Results

Chapter 3    Don’t Let Age Stop You!

Chapter 4    Drag Out Your Old Dreams

Chapter 5    Boredom? I Don’t Have Time For It!

Chapter 6    Dreading Old Age

Chapter 7    To Drive Or Not To Drive

Chapter 8    Facing Challenges As An ‘Older Person’.

Chapter 9    Developing Friendships

Chapter 10    Can You Hear Me Now?

Chapter 11    Learning To Listen

Chapter 12    Don’t Allow Hurts To Turn To Hate

Chapter 13    Forget Your ‘Someday’ Plans; Do It Now!

Chapter 14    The Upside Of Being Alone

Chapter 15    Making A Success From Failures

Chapter 16    Yesterday Nor Tomorrow Can Steal My Today!

Chapter 17    To Rest Or Not To Rest

Chapter 18    Making Final Plans

Chapter 19    The Older I Get, The More Strange Others Are

Chapter 20    She Who Laughs Last…

Chapter 21    Reaching For A Dream

Chapter 22    To Sit And Do Nothing?

Chapter 23    Look For New Possibilities

Chapter 24    Be Proud Of Your Age!

Chapter 25    Who Do You Think You Are?

Chapter 26    Learn From Your Experiences

Chapter 27    The Benefits Of Laughter!

Chapter 28    You Can Choose Your Thoughts!

Chapter 29    Fail In One Thing? Go To The Next

Chapter 30    Drowning In Loneliness? Get Busy!

Chapter 31    Learn To Accept Negative Events

Chapter 32    It’s Never Too Late To Start Again

Chapter 33    Look For New Possibilities

Chapter 34    Avoid Negative People

Chapter 35    Mentoring Your Grandchildren

Chapter 36    Act Like A Two-Year-Old!

Chapter 37    Look Forward, Not Backward

Dedicated to those who continue to

seek a rewarding and fulfilling life.

CHAPTER ONE

Learning to Adjust

T he opportunity to LIVE our later years is a blessing many do not have. If you are in your ‘later years’, be thankful and enjoy this time as much as possible. This depends, of course, on your state of health. If you are up and about, there are many things you can do to have a rewarding life. Search for these ways and use your God-given abilities to make your life, and the lives of others, much better. You will be surprised at how fulfilling these years can be.

We already know a lot about living but we must learn to adjust to the possibilities we have now. Yes, there are STILL many ways we can use our abilities to enjoy these later years. We take what we CAN do, add it to what we WANT to do and go from there. You must know by now what you do best. If you don’t know what this is, it is PAST time for you to know! You can use these abilities to enjoy a more rewarding life and maybe even help others.

If you don’t do this, your days will be long and boring…and I mean LONGGGGGGGGGG and boring! Who needs that? I, for one, do not and will not settle for the emptiness of such hours. You don’t have to live just to get through the day! There is more to life than that! Don’t miss it!

Your days of accomplishment aren’t over unless you choose for them to be. Maybe an attitude adjustment might give you something to look forward to, rather than wondering all day what you will have for supper. Those hours are a GIFT to you! Use them in the best way possible and learn that life can still be exciting! It is your choice to spend your later years just waiting to die OR enjoy the excitement of a new idea bringing hope and the pleasure of achievement.

I will make many suggestions; you can follow those that might help the most. I have learned these things from my own experiences. I know what I should and should not do to make my days and years better. You will adjust these to your personal needs and apply those most helpful. If we are blessed with ‘later years’, why not make these as pleasant as possible? It is up to YOU to choose the life that you prefer. We can tolerate long, boring days and become a whiner OR we can do whatever we can to change those hours into productive, happier days.

If you have developed habits that drag you into a negative attitude, then get rid of these habits. You can unlearn as well as learn. KNOW the things that will make your life better. If you don’t know this, you can forget having any better days or years. The results depend on YOU! Are you ready to begin your journey of enjoyment? You will learn the big difference YOU can make, not only in your life but hopefully, in the lives of others. Many are affected by our lives; let’s make these years the best possible. This depends entirely on the attitudes we choose!

Remember, the choices you make today will affect all your tomorrows. I am amazed, and sometimes not amused, that many facts in my life of today are the results of decisions I made long ago. These wrong decisions have a way of bumping you (and me) in the hours of today.