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In reply to the discussion: How is Everyone Here Coping? I'm find it very hard these days.. [View all]llmart
(15,534 posts)I'm guessing that I'm of the same age as many who posted their responses to your question. I don't watch much TV except for PBS and not the news. I get my news from DU so I can pick and choose what I want to know more about.
I'm going to be 64 in a couple of months and have always been politically aware and involved, but as I got older I realized that at this juncture of my life where just about every day I hear about someone my age dying, I need to finally concentrate on enjoying my life and the things I love the most which are books, music, time with kind and caring people, my two grown children, my dog and most of all - nature. It has been my balm my entire life and I am trying to spend some quiet time each and every day enjoying the smallest joys of nature. I've also taken a part time job at a beautiful greenhouse where the season for flowers is just starting. I don't know if these old feet will be able to tolerate it, but the beauty of working with flowers will hopefully compensate for my sore feet at the end of the day.
I have also learned to disengage from people who bring me down. I have no room in my life for that sort any longer.
By the way, for those of you who turn to old PBS series and who love gardening too, watch the old series "Rosemary and Thyme". I get it from my library. It's about two women who are gardeners but always find themselves in the middle of some murder mystery. It's very cute and done by the BBC. The scenery of the gardens alone make it worthwhile watching.