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Body or Mind & Hard Lessons

30 Day Blogging Challenge

PROMPT May 20th
If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you choose?

That would be a difficult decision. I keep waffling back and forth. If I had been active at thirty, then staying that way would be easier and the need to keep my body fresher and younger would not be a necessity. But keeping the mind sharp... there are some pretty spry 90 year olds - look at Betty White.

Besides if the choosing meant ending your life at 90 and not going beyond I would probably go with not taking the choice and living to the natural end of my life - be that 90 or 100.

Being a writer, I would think keeping the mind sharp and active would be more my thing, but this getting old thing is beginning to settle in.... I think ultimately, if a choice were required I would say MIND.

Blog City - Day 2135

Prompt: Write about a lesson you learned the hard way.

Lessons learned the hard way are lessons that stick. Not that I would wish anyone the hard lessons, but I think they go along way toward building a person's character. And as a writer and a person who loves to study human behaviour (a sociology and psychology major) character is paramount.

I am still learning from my divorce. I'm sure I have learned to put up walls in some ways, but I am aware of that and try to remain open and positive. I have learned things about myself that I don't like and need to work on. I have come closer to what I want and don't want in my life.

I am still continuing to learn.