Friday, February 26, 2021

THE ALPHABET OF AGE SHOULD NOT MAKE FOR RAGE, BUT SAGE

 

ALPHABET OF AGE SHOULD NOT MAKE FOR RAGE, BUT SAGE


A was for apple, and B was for boat, once was rote, but now it will not float! 

Age  before beauty is what we once said, but let's be a bit more realistic instead … 

A's for arthritis; B's the bad back, 

C's the chest pains, perhaps car-di-ac? 
D is for dental decay and decline, 

E is for eyesight, can't read that top line! 

F is for fissures and fluid retention, 

G is for gas which I'd rather not mention. 
H is for high blood pressure--I'd rather it low; 

I is for incisions with scars you can show. 

J is for joints, out of socket, won't mend, 

K is for knees that crack when they bend. 

L 's for libido, what happened to sex? 

M is for memory, I forget what comes next. 

N is for neuralgia, in nerves way down low; 

O is for osteo, bones that don't grow! 
P is for prescriptions, I have quite a few, just give me a pill and I'll be good as new! 

Q is for queasy, is it fatal or flu?

R is for reflux; one meal turns to two. 
S is for sleepless nights, counting my fears, 

T is for Tinnitus; bells in my ears! 

U is for urinary; troubles with flow; 

V is for vertigo, that's 'dizzy,' you know. 
W is for worry, now what's going 'round? 

X is for X ray, and what might be found. 

Y is for another year I'm left here behind, 

Z is for zest I still have-- in my mind! 

I've survived all the symptoms, my body's deployed, 

 and I'm keeping twenty-six doctors fully employed!  
 
However …  “Now chastening for the present does not seem to be joyous, but grievous. Nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who are exercised by it. Because of this, straighten up the hands which hang down and the enfeebled knees. And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord; looking diligently lest any fail of the grace of God, or lest any root of bitterness springing up disturb you, and by it many are defiled.” (Hebrews 12:11-15 is primarily about spiritual life, but can we separate our body from it? 1Thes.5:23.)

 

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