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Round 'n ,About
with Martha Rathburn
Did you ever get a "chain" letter saying if grey�slam'. Your body grows old. We know
you don't send out a lot of copies of this let-. WS. But your body is only a body, it is NOT
ter to friends — (I wouldn't send them to an YOU! Ralph Waldo Emerson once said —
enemy -- if I had on) — you will die in so "We do not count a man's years until he has
many days? Those -things scare "me to nothing to count."continuin to° grow. You
pieces. Stay young — by g-
I received a couple a few years ago and don't grow old — you become old by not
they made me ill. I know they are against growing.byhanging onto your
the law but I didn't know what to do about dreams.young
— philosopher hawrites,ing`T4ere's notr
them. I wouldn't copy and send them to much'`to do but BURY you when your
anyone and have them hurt as I was hurt. So dreams are gone!u
I pushed them out of sight — but I couldn't Stay young — by keeping a cheerful at-
keepthem foundt my mind. titude. a in mind "a merry heart doeth
When I them later, the bad luck ,� p but a broken spirit
tirne was up. I could breathe again! But the good medicine,
agony they put you m is like a witchdoctor drieth the bones — ouch!
witching you to die! They hit the garbage - Stay young by forcing your mind out of the
fast. old ruts. Beaten paths are for beaten people.
I enjoy letters; love to receive them. If we Stay young by taking inspiration from the
had E.S.P., I could tell you all the answers Young in spirit who have remained creative -
and it would be wonderful. But not everyone ly active all their lives ... for example — Ti -
receives your mental telepathy and a letter tian painting masterpieces at 98; Toscanini
is the only answer. I always have a lot of conducting at 87; Edison busy in his lab at
good intentions so I end up on the phone. I 82, Benjamin Franklin helping to frame the
love to hear friends' voices — a real thrill. United States Constitution at 81; Martha
This yea this New year — I promise to painting up -a storm at 76! WOW!
answermfy letters right away — so help me! Stay young by keeping your hearts young.
and it isnt' even New Year's Eve when I say "If it can be done," wrote Carl Sanburg, "it
this. is not a bad practice for a gal of many years
I am anxious to get back to my art — MY to die with a girls' heart."
day OUT! And I'm worid'ring, if that Stay young by knowing that — "They who
alligator is still in our river in Florida. wait upon the Lord shall renew their
/ There are large shiny silver fish that jump strength; they shall, mount up with wings as
— splash, splash, splash — along the river — eagles. They shall run and not be weary and
and they are hard to catch. I don't try! But they shall walk and not be faint." Don't ask
' that alligator lies on the sand with his head. me who wrote this message = it was not
and front legs in the water and just his eyes signed — but I couldn't ignore it. If this bit of
move... He's about eight or nine feet long I advice makes you THINK, I'm sure the
think, and can't be taken fr;om the river — author will be happy about it.
which is his natural habitat — unless he is Make the New Year one to enjoy. Start
doing bad things like eating too many little that hobby you've been putting off for years.
dogs or some other mean thing. He scares You'll 1pIe it in a few weeks. p
ME to pieces — but that doesn't count. Satisfy 'your curiosity about those things
One of those noisy airboats flashes back that have sort of BUGGED you for years —
and forth through the river at least once a there may bea laugh in it.
week — it is mains to distrub the water Take that jblurney you've been putting off.
marigold or anot name for a plant which Don't wait until one of you is unable to travel
quickly fills a s ' all river — chokes it coo- or loses his ZEST. Remember -= it's later
pletely. than you think
It, is great seeing • Florida birds — And you, too, —fou young family builders
especially the big fellows. an't remember — there's a lot you should think about before
all the names just now exc t the herons you get old and tired — like some of us!
and the egrets. I haven't see many small Manage your own money wisely. Budget
blue herons — such as we have ere — and and plan carefully. Learn how to spend
I've never seers a great -blue heron on our wisely.
e ypl to t. Also
ward monechTdour ren
a
river. The great blue heron is a tremendous Po m
ese
size. Beautful in color — several differnt days, they think it grows on trees!
*7 colors — and fantastic. Don't ' gamble — ever! But if you can't
I met a dandy bluey-grey — most of the resist a bit of it, think of that'little gambler's
blue blue shows under their wings. This song, "You've gotta know when to hold up,
fellow didn't have a fancy top notch,.but he know when to fold up — know when to walk
stood much taller than I — and I know that is away — know when to run (and fast). You
easy but he looked BIG to me. never count your money when you're sitting
Many of them are quite tame — which is at. the table — there'll be lots of time for
not hard to believe since they own the place. counting when the dealin' is done!" — or
Of course they are becoming fewer each words to that effect.
year people are stealing their wet -lands Remember TODAY is the tomorrow you
same as they are doing in Canada. I' on't worried about yesterday! Live every day to
know what we can do about it but it's a pro- is fullest as if it were the first and the last.
blem we should all start thinking about. Don't take yourself too seriously —
Now I've rounded up some food for LAUGH. Be too busy to worry, count your
thought for this 1985. blessings. TIME solves all.
Age is a quality of mind — if we have left Remember that little bit of advice that
our dreams behind, if hope is lost — then we hangs in the arena — or is it not there now?
are old. But, if from life -we take the bes d — "God grant me the serenity to accept the
if in life we keep our zest — no matter h change
I cannot change, the courage to
the things I can and the wisdeom to
the years go by — no matter how the ir- '
thdays fly — we are not OLD! know the difference.
There now! Write it down and keep it Make this the first of your BEST yars.
where you can look at it easily.,, Love you,
then there is the "Art of Staying Young". Martha.
This depends on staying youthful — on the
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