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Janis Kliphardt (Emery)
A tent can be a wonderful home - like when a hiker is in the mountains, enjoying the wonderful outdoors, a tent can be exactly what a hiker needs - a place to rest and be refreshed, a place to be protected from a storm. But even a hiker doesn't expect to live in a tent forever - after awhile, most hikers want to go home and live in a house, a structure that is much more permanent and sturdy than a tent. Tents are good for a purpose and helpful for a season or two, but they wear out, the fabric can be worn and torn and the poles can collapse.
One day as John Quincy Adams, former president of the United States, and turning four-score years, hobbled down the street leaning heavily on a cane in his favorite city of Boston, a friend tapped him and said, "John Quincy Adams, how are you this morning?"
The old man turned slowly, smiled, and said, "I'm fine, Sir, fine, but this old tenement that John Quincy lives in is not so good. The underpinning is about to fall away. The thatch is all gone off the roof, and the windows are so dim John Quincy can barely see out anymore. As a matter of fact, it wouldn't surprise me if before winter's over he had to move out. But as for John Quincy Adams, he never was better!
Aging
is a journey that starts the moment we are born;
it's not lost youth,
it's about changes that can include growth and learning.
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