Mental Health: Written by: Caleb Thomas, M.A. LMHC August is the month everyone eagerly awaits. It’s summer “high tide”, meaning summer is in full swing. Kids are hoping the month will never end because if it ends it means play time is over and school is in. I pray you and your family are enjoying these beautiful hot days of summer. This month I want to take a moment to honor the Elderly. Some of you reading this article may be considered elderly, you know someone who is elderly or maybe you are still young and are far from being elderly. I want to honor the Elderly by saying “Thank You”. Thank you for all your contributions to this world. Why? Because without the “elderly” human life would cease to exist. The definition of elderly is a person who is 65 years or older. However, 65 is considered retirement age for most people in the United States, however that varies around the world. As I’m nearing ½ of a century yrs. old, I consider 65 to be young. I know many people who are 65 and look 55 and even younger. It’s a lot harder to tell someone’s age these days as we share so much in common. Our 65 yr. old today is very different from a 65 yr. old decades ago. Our way of thinking and interacting with the world around us has changed, in the busyness of life, our paths cross like freeways, crisscrossing in our work and in our play. We interact with all ages learning from one another. I did not say with age comes wisdom, that’s for another conversation. There is overlapping in almost everything we do. We have professors, doctors, law makers and law breakers 65yrs and older. There was a time when one thought of the IT’S HONORING THE ELDERLY MONTH! elderly as those who were in their 70’s, 80’s 90’s and 100’s. As a younger person reading this article, becoming elderly may be furthest from your mind. As a new parent thinking about your newborn baby preparing to turn 18 and graduate high school is not something one thinks about, you think of the joy you are having in that moment, memories in the making. However, God willing if you are blessed to make it into your elderly years then please consider thinking about two important things: Your Health and Your finances. Why those two? You’ve heard the expression, “your health is your wealth”, because your health is priceless. Your health allows you to position yourself to get and keep wealth. As we think about our health, let’s not forget how easily we can contribute to having bad health. There’s an expression that says: “the devil is in the details”. We can’t blame everything on the devil, our arch enemy, Satan. He has his part to play, yes, he comes to rob, steal, kill and destroy, if we allow him to. However, we can be our own worst enemy. I know people who eat a vegetarian diet, don’t drink or do drugs, don’t smoke but still get cancer. It’s nothing the individual did, but rather a health issue. If you are in either situation, I want to encourage you to believe by faith and believe on God’s promises for your healing. If you are in good health at any age, take a moment every day and Praise God for your good health. Take appropriate measures to stay healthy. Get plenty of rest, drink plenty of water and eat healthily, be mindful of what you eat. Get a little exercise in too.
19 Publizr Home