This is Peanut Butter Brickle. I hope you had a good week. I didn’t do much of anything exciting. But after all of these years of moving almost every single day, it’s actually kind of nice to not move every day.
I feel like instead of missing traveling, I’m getting better to do more traveling.
Although there are some things I can work on to feel better, I do realize that you can’t stop the passage of time and certain realities.
I’m not saying I like that realization. I’m just saying that when you can’t change something, you have to learn how to live with it in the best way possible to enjoy other things. One problem in life doesn’t make all the other good things go away. Unless you let it. Your mind is a powerful force for good or for bad.
This week, it became obvious to my persons that my hearing was not good. That my hearing was not as it used to be. I have trouble hearing. Yes. But I’ve had this problem for awhile. It just takes persons awhile to notice some things. I’ve been dealing with it on my own.
And I’ve learned to notice body language even more and even read lips. Now, if I’m sleeping, that’s where it’s hardest of all. Because if Girl Person is calling me for dinner, she has to nudge me to wake me up. That’s ok too. Because there’s nothing better than waking up to a good meal that magically appears.
You know, I’ve had to deal with some shortcomings in my life. Like my short corn dog tail. Like my dashingly good looks that make people run away because they can’t handle the handsome.
Like my smart mind that knows too much. And which has proved to be a detriment to me sometimes.
And although losing my hearing is frustrating, I find that it helps me to work on other skills to make up for it.
I saw the signs long ago that this may happen. But I also see the signs now that I’m still enjoying my life on this beautiful earth.
I am still enjoying the taste of a hamburger on a chilly day. Or a trot in the woods with Fruitycake.
And yes. There’s a good thing about not hearing so well….Fruitycake’s barking is more tolerable. His mumbling funnier.
It’s what I call convenient at this time in my life that I can’t hear as well. That’s the truth.
Don’t ignore signs that life is worth living for you too. You are more than age. You are worth more than a sickness or a divorce or any problem in life that can’t be changed.
See the signs that you’re still valuable and that life loves you back.
–Peanut Butter Brickle
Thank you, Brickle. I needed to hear this today. I love you!