An invitation to do something I had been stongly desiring to do was received, and I was eagerly anticipating the event, especially since I would be sharing it with people I love to be with. Preparations were made and other opportunities were declined because of it.

Then, purely by chance, I found out it wasn't going to happen. No one thought to tell me it had been cancelled.

I often quote a saying (where I heard it originally, I don't remember): "Old age needs so little, but it needs that little so much." While I don't think of myself as old, it's becoming more and more obvious to me that others do. This little saying is beginning to apply to me.

In my disappointment today, I began to wonder if all older people notice themselves becoming more irrelevant and invisible. So I asked some (all even younger than me). With one exception, the answer, after a second of reflection followed by a slow nod, was "Yes." And then we analyzed why.

It's been a good day of reflection. And resolution.

But I'm posting this via iPhone; therefore I am feeling quite relevant at the moment!

And as you would like and desire that men would do to you, do exactly so to them. Luke 6:31