I totally hear you on the more we have, the more it feels like we have to lose.
And here we are in 2026, so many of us still not aware of what enough is and how to know when you’ve got enough and what it looks and feels like.
A lesson I’m grateful up to have learned, though painstaking.
And it comes through those tragic losses for so many of us.
The loss of our loved ones. The loss of health.
The things it seems to take for us to really appreciate what truly matters.
I know I’ve prioritised my life in a different way since.
It didn’t mean the absence of life’s pressures, stresses and responsibilities. It meant there were things in there that mattered. Including me on that list. At the top and not at the bottom. That was the difference.
And, as for age. Disability can affect any one of us at any age. Yet we all think we’re invincible or wish to be younger or for someone else to be. But as we’ve come to know and understand, that’s not what really matters is it?
Yes it's the accumulation of the little but important things and, as you say Amber, making sure we ourselves are on our priority lists. I too am learning to allow for my age. 😆 My mind still thinks I'm in my twenties. My body thinks otherwise. 😘
aw omg thank you for the shout out! I'm about to share this post w my wife I feel like we need a big dose of this thinking today lol
Thanks Alex. You're very welcome. :)
I totally hear you on the more we have, the more it feels like we have to lose.
And here we are in 2026, so many of us still not aware of what enough is and how to know when you’ve got enough and what it looks and feels like.
A lesson I’m grateful up to have learned, though painstaking.
And it comes through those tragic losses for so many of us.
The loss of our loved ones. The loss of health.
The things it seems to take for us to really appreciate what truly matters.
I know I’ve prioritised my life in a different way since.
It didn’t mean the absence of life’s pressures, stresses and responsibilities. It meant there were things in there that mattered. Including me on that list. At the top and not at the bottom. That was the difference.
And, as for age. Disability can affect any one of us at any age. Yet we all think we’re invincible or wish to be younger or for someone else to be. But as we’ve come to know and understand, that’s not what really matters is it?
Yes it's the accumulation of the little but important things and, as you say Amber, making sure we ourselves are on our priority lists. I too am learning to allow for my age. 😆 My mind still thinks I'm in my twenties. My body thinks otherwise. 😘