Peacefully Chaotic

The elderly patients at my job frequently complain about  the hardships of old age ."Don't get old!"  they exclaim. I smile and respond , "Ok...tell me how to avoid it!!" .Today I actually got an answer: : " Laughter ! You might as well have one good laugh a day...it'll keep your heart young and you'll need laughter if you're going to make it in this lufe!" Sounds like good advice to me! A laugh is a smile that bursts. ~Mary H. Waldrip What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb “ That is the best - to laugh with someone because you both think the same things are funny. ” All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other. Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection. Yakov Smirnoff I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have...

I work at a doctor's office as a medical assistant .I have dicovered that I truly enjoy the company of our elderly patients.I love to hear their stories and the wisdom they impart. This Saturday I visited with one of the ladies,an amazing 89 year old. She was so just as happy to have company as I was to visit. We seemed to have lots to talk about .We had tears and many laughs! She shared with me how much she misses her husband.He died in 1987 a month after she retired. They had lots of plans.They wanted to do so many things  together.They were going to travel.But it never happened because he passed away.She looked at me through teary eyes and said, "Don't wait to do the things you want to do.Do it now ,cause you won't be young forever!". She said if only she could relive the moments with him.If she could do it over she would've retired earlier."To hell with everything else.Time can't be turned back. When you're young you make so many plans for t...