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Senior Sports Can Be A Taste Of Youth
-by Raymond Angus
© Raymond Angus - All Rights reserved
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Choosing a seniors sports recreation calls for some soul
searching. Or instead, what is really needed is childs
play. The guiding motivation.shouldn't be doing what you're
good at, but what you enjoy doing.
When you were a youth, what did you do for fun. Did you wash
the car just because you could get it really clean? Maybe
you mowed the lawn just because you liked the smell of
newly cut grass, or the pat on the back from your dad.
Be honest, neither task ranked very high on your fun list
back then. Youths know how to have fun! Remember?
Did you like fishing? Then why not unpack the old spinning
rod and reel, and dig out your favorite lures. Do you revel
in the game of golf? Go dust off your irons and woods and
find a great course to play on.
The phrase seniors sports recreation actually means to
remember something once again. Senior recreation should do
just that. Let's look at fishing. Whether you're a senior
man or woman is of no consequence.
Did you love fishing when you were a child? Can you dredge
up long forgotten memories of fishing with your dad or uncle
from years past?
Can you close your eyes and once again smell the lake or
stream you fished when you were young? Do you remember the
surge of unbridled joy when you first felt a bass on your
line?
Can you savor again the warm sun on the back of your neck
while holding the fishing rod, waiting impatiently for
something, anything to strike the bait?
Do you recall the pride of retelling the story of catching
the fish to your classmates at school? What price would you
be willing to pay now to relive that event again?
That is the definition of recreation, or re-creation of a
once experienced joyous feeling.
Here's three steps to take..
1. Physicians specializing in the study of the human mind
tell us that we all need to step back from our everyday
cares and worries at regular intervals. Every human being
should reprogram his, or her, mental apparatus from time to
time.
2. In the world of computer technology they call it
rebooting the machine. They do it by simply shutting it
down for a moment. This allows the electrical patterns of
the computer's inner workings to rearrange themselves once
again into efficient activity.
3. How can we humans reboot our mental programs? Very
simply…it's called having fun! Let's continue musing about
fishing, but it could be any sports recreation.
The human psyche, which we all have, is geared toward
competition. Simply having fun doing something is not
always easy. We often find ourselves competing with another
person. Sometimes we even compete with ourselves.
At fishing, we often strive to surpass our own history of
performance. When we fish with a buddy, or mate, we find
ourselves keeping tabs on them out of the corner of our eye.
Do you feel a twinge of anger, or even envy, if they catch
something before you do? This is a mental prompt that you
need to reboot your mind. You can't turn yourself off like a
computer, but you can redirect your thoughts.
You simply have to remind yourself that you are there to
have fun. A wise person once wrote that: "Life is not
what's happening on the outside…but how you perceive it on
the inside."
Be happy that the other person with you is enjoying this
good time with you. Be delighted in the mechanics of
fishing. Read fishing magazines in your spare time at home
and enjoy talking with friends about the sport.
Compare the benefits of various pieces of equipment and
lures. Reboot your mind to have fun and refuse to compete
with anyone else…including your past efforts.
Have fun with your senior sports recreation, and watch your
outlook on the rest of your life improve and expand.
Senior recreation is worth its weight in gold.
And it really can be a taste of youth!
Raymond Angus is a widely read author of articles and books.
He writes about fellow seniors and their world.
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