Just sitting there?

It crossed my mind as I was ‘just sitting there’, what so many folks have expressed when they see an old person ‘just sitting there’.  I’ve heard it from others and must confess I even thought it myself a time or two, years ago, when I may have thought, “Look at that poor old person, just sitting there, passing time, just waiting to die!”

 It may be true that some old folks might feel that way but I think if the truth were known, it would be a very small number of those who are ‘just sitting there’.  I can’t speak for others but I can express vividly what goes through my mind and how I feel. 

I’m certainly not a youngster and I must confess I do find myself just sitting there much more these days than when I was a bit younger, but I’m certainly not pondering on dying, or other sad things one might imagine.  No indeed, me and the Lord have that all worked out so I don’t spend much time on that subject.  I enjoy just sitting there at times and if you should pass by and see me sitting there with my head lowered, I sure don’t want you to feel pity or think such things about me. 
 
Actually what I’m doing many times is simply enjoying many of the blessings that surround me, like watching a tiny ant busily going about its business, or thinking what a miracle it is how the blades of grass all keep their place but working together make a velvety carpet of green for us to enjoy.  I might be trying to comprehend, while thinking of our tall tree, what a magnificent plan the Lord had by arranging as much ‘tree’ in the form of roots under the earth, as we can see above it.  That can boggle one’s mind. 
 
We have a simple weed plant  in the lawn that blooms tiny little bluish flowers each morning.  Each bloom’s life span is only one day and then they’re gone, but the Lord managed to adorn even a weed with such beauty,  refreshed each day, if we can just take the time to discover it. 

Then, with my head still lowered… maybe because my neck aches, or possibly I’ve decided to quietly praise the Lord for all the wonder and beauty that surrounds me.  I often give Him thanks for my wife, family, home and so many other blessings, that there’s not enough daytime to list them all!  Yes, that’s when you might be passing me by and thinking, “That poor old man, with his head down looks so sad!”  No way!  I’m one happy old man and maybe other old folks you pass by, are too… Give them the benefit of the doubt before you bury them. 
 
Maybe one day in the not to distant future you will have the time to soak in all the beauty that I’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg of.  We’re surrounded by it, if you’ll just stop and look a while… but then you might be taking a chance… someone may pass by while you’re doing that and think,” Gee whiz!  I wonder what that young person is looking so sad about." 
Humans are funny animals, aren’t we?
God Bless us all.  Joe Cavallaro (after I became ‘old’:0).

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