A Daily Prompt response. Emotional Fitness what others call Emotional Intelligence demands some self-awareness. Knowing the seasons of your life is part of this task.

A good one for the men. Image by Cheezburger.com

All the ones for women seemed to revolve around menapause.  This was the funniest or so I thought. 

  Appies to all women, at least the weight gain and bone loss seem to.  I am no longer a towering woman, and can look most average size men in the eye; once upon a time I looked down on most.

Image by Japan Crush

The Daily Prompt:  that inspired this post: For many of us the seasons are changing, bouncing unpredictably between cold and warm. Are you glad to be moving into a new season, or wishing for one more week of the old?

Emotional Fitness Thoughts

The Daily Prompt as applied to aging from the perspective of a 76-year-old.  You want a younger body, you do not want to be invisible, you want your knowledge respected, and you want many, many more years of the good life. In the end, however, as for anyone past adolescence, living the good life is mostly a matter of your attitude and what you do to stay strong.

Laughing helps me stay stronger as I tumble down-hill.  Explains why I try to start most of my posts with a laugh even when I have to make them up.

Here is laugh poster I put together when someone under thirty dissed me. Thankfully most of the people I know under thirty nurture me,

Here is another of my laugh posters edited down from a longer post sent me by  high school friend Jack Simcox.

Watch for the opening of Emotional Fitness Training’s Store November First. This and other EFTI posters will be featured.  Weekly free-bees and those that are not free  will cost less than a latte and sustain you longer. Visit the store now to learn a bit more about Emotional Intelligence. 

STAY Strong

Katherine

Links and other articles of interest

• Life stages   (wikipedia.com)
• Aging gracefully (Drweil.com)
• Laughing is healthy (helpguide.com)
• Laughing Internet (emotionalfitnesstraining.com)