“‘For in God we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are God’s offspring.’”
Acts 17:28
I have been trying to pay better attention to my body as I grow older. Now that I’m in my 40s, my body doesn’t move as well as it used to. I know I’m getting older because I can injure myself from mundane tasks like tying my shoes or putting away a heavy pot.
I’m reminded of my age and futility everyday while I watch my own kids grow. As they get older, they’re getting taller, stronger, and more coordinated. As I get older, it’s the exact opposite. While my body has stopped developing many years ago, the ways I can and supposed to grow is in my heart and spirit. Fortunately, in the ways that I feel my body deteriorating, I can feel my heart and spirit still developing through the years. As long as I stay intentional about my emotional and spiritual health, I will never stop growing.
“Maturity involves the synthesis of all you’ve learned. It’s the time of the soul, the essence of all you are. The adolescence unleashed the mind, childhood the heart, and the birth cycle the body, maturity brings out the soul.” –Gabrielle Roth
