Andrea Lightfoot's Blog, page 2
April 21, 2016
Inspiration - from a 90 year old
Whenever I hear someone in their twenties, thirties or so on, moan that they're getting old, I smile to myself and think how glad I am that I'm don't have that negative kind of mind set.
Only the other evening, I had even more to smile about on this "getting old" subject.
You see, on the news the other foresaid evening, when they mentioned that the Queen was turning ninety, a couple of members of the public, who were now ninety themselves, were interviewed.
One of them, a lady, did things like sky-diving and adventurous things of that nature. She said, "I don't feel ninety. Some days I feel like I'm twenty-one."
She also told the interviewer how every day she goes out, walks to the bus station/depot, then just gets on a bus and travels to wherever.
This lady sounded like she has more adventurous spirit and zest for life than some of the twenties and thirties age group or older, out there. Perhaps as she grew older, she made frequent reminders to herself that she would always stay young in mind and spirit.
May she be an inspiration to us all as we go forward in life.
by Andrea Fantastica - Surreal Prose & Poetry
Only the other evening, I had even more to smile about on this "getting old" subject.
You see, on the news the other foresaid evening, when they mentioned that the Queen was turning ninety, a couple of members of the public, who were now ninety themselves, were interviewed.
One of them, a lady, did things like sky-diving and adventurous things of that nature. She said, "I don't feel ninety. Some days I feel like I'm twenty-one."
She also told the interviewer how every day she goes out, walks to the bus station/depot, then just gets on a bus and travels to wherever.
This lady sounded like she has more adventurous spirit and zest for life than some of the twenties and thirties age group or older, out there. Perhaps as she grew older, she made frequent reminders to herself that she would always stay young in mind and spirit.
May she be an inspiration to us all as we go forward in life.
by Andrea Fantastica - Surreal Prose & Poetry
April 4, 2016
A childhood dream that came true
It's easy, when you grow up, to forget abut your childhood dreams. You realise that you're not going to be the prime minister or fly to the moon after all.
Not that I've grown-up much - yes, I'm over eighteen, so classed as an adult, but I'm the sort of person who prefers playing in the sand rather than sunbathing, and I get near-excited over my birthdays, and treat new experiences as a source of wonder.
My childhood dream, was to become a published author. As well as playing outside on my bike, and inside with Lego and artistic, messy, creative things, I was brought up to read books, and I would wish, and wonder and imagine. Of course, unlike some people, and some fantasies about grown-up life when I was little, my dream of having a book (that I had written myself) published never wavered.
It has taken me ages to get to the published stage, and since a hard copy of my book landed in my hands, I feel grateful that I followed my dream.
You must follow yours too.
Andrea Lightfoot (Fantastica - Surreal Prose & Poetry)
Not that I've grown-up much - yes, I'm over eighteen, so classed as an adult, but I'm the sort of person who prefers playing in the sand rather than sunbathing, and I get near-excited over my birthdays, and treat new experiences as a source of wonder.
My childhood dream, was to become a published author. As well as playing outside on my bike, and inside with Lego and artistic, messy, creative things, I was brought up to read books, and I would wish, and wonder and imagine. Of course, unlike some people, and some fantasies about grown-up life when I was little, my dream of having a book (that I had written myself) published never wavered.
It has taken me ages to get to the published stage, and since a hard copy of my book landed in my hands, I feel grateful that I followed my dream.
You must follow yours too.
Andrea Lightfoot (Fantastica - Surreal Prose & Poetry)
