You hadn’t finished the latest chapter in
your life and now another chapter starts and you’re in a new living situation:
a new town, new residential living facility, or living with one of your adult
children. And it’s good: greater safety, less physical demands, fewer worries; but
often it also means making new friends. And at our age it isn’t as easy as
making friends on the playground. But it is possible. Here are four tips from Margaret
Manning, author and founder of Sixtyandme.com. that might help.
Get to know yourself. To make new friends,
you will need to be motivated and confident; and knowing what you want and who
you are is often the first step. Learn to become your own best friend.
Chase passions not people. Take a class or
volunteer in an area that interests you. At the Center, we offer many classes which
are always looking for new faces. You will then have that common conversation
starter - and who knows where it will lead.
Develop Your Physical and Emotional Resources.
Start some simple exercises. Or try Pickleball. Make sure it’s something you enjoy.
And emotionally, do activities that make you happier such as the ideas promoted
by Gorge Happiness Month.
Invite people into your life. Now that you
have a better idea of who you are, and are committed to pursuing your passions,
it’s time to reach out and get to know other people. But if it doesn’t work
out, not everything does, don’t take it personally!
Making new friends isn’t easy. Don’t
compare yourself to those folks who seem to have been bred to make friends. It
takes a belief in yourself, getting out and taking a few emotional risks –
which often requires time and persistence. But it’s worth it.
Many people look forward to retirement - trading
in the stress and worry of work for extra free time, neglected hobbies and
grandchildren. But those retired years are not without their own challenges:
money, health and loss. The theme for our next “Let’s Talk: Conversations about
Things that Matter” on Friday, October 19th from 11:00 – 12:00 is “What
do you have to worry about? You’re retired! Come and join the conversation.
We’re coming to the end of Gorge Happiness
Month, and after this week you’re on your own. Until next October, keep practicing
the Daily 3’s: Three Gratitudes, an Act of Kindness and a Moment of Silence.
25th – Say yes;
26th – Have a conversation where you listen more than you talk;
27th – Pick a good moment from yesterday and draw it;
28th – Let someone go in front of you in line;
29th – Come up with a new idea to do and then send it to Gorge Happiness at info@gorgehappiness.org;
30th – Go back and do one you have missed; and
31st – Give candy to a stranger.
26th – Have a conversation where you listen more than you talk;
27th – Pick a good moment from yesterday and draw it;
28th – Let someone go in front of you in line;
29th – Come up with a new idea to do and then send it to Gorge Happiness at info@gorgehappiness.org;
30th – Go back and do one you have missed; and
31st – Give candy to a stranger.
The name of the gentleman gunfighter who
worked as a mercenary gunfighter in the television series Have Gun Will Travel was Paladin played by Richard Boone - who
according Diane Weston also starred as the bad guy in the John Wayne movie Big Jake.
(I also received correct answers from Cheri
Brent, Herman Nueberger, Merle Gearhart, Jerry Taylor, Dale Roberts, Alice
Mattox, Sandy Haechrel, Kim Birge, Jerry Betts, Lana Tepfer (who said you can still
watch it on channel 2.2), Dale Roberts, Carol Staves, Kay Tenold, Carol Irwin, and
Gary Van Orman who with his acting experience is this week’s winner of quilt
raffle ticket. And as is my habit, last week I missed Rhonda Austin, Lucilee
Stephens, Sandy Haechrel and Cheri Brent.)
Okay, I
promise this is ABSOLUTELY the last western television series question for this
year. I was going to ask about one of
Sandy Haechrel’s and my favorite Saturday morning westerns, Sky King. But I went back in the
archives and found I had asked about Sky
King just last March. So instead, hopefully you’ll remember the first network
television western series when it aired on NBC in 1949. For this week’s “Remember When” question, what
was the name of this western series starring a reserved and well-spoken hero
dressed in black who traveled the west on his white horse Topper and starred
William Boyd? Email your answer to www.mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, leave a message
at 541-296-4788 or send your answer with a bottle of nonalcoholic sarsaparilla.
Well, it’s been another week looking
forward to each day’s new surprise. Until we meet again, before you call the
electrician, check the breaker box.
“If fate means you to lose, give him a good
fight anyhow.” William McFee, writer
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