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Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number! Popular humorist Karen O'Connor (over half a million books sold) shares inspiration and practical insight, drawing from her own experiences to help you glide through your golden years with grace, humor, and anticipation. Join Karen as she shares funny yet poignant personal anecdotes to encourage you to make new choices, accept new challenges, take new chances, and open new chapters in your life. Each story concludes with a triumvirate of truth for you to take away:Wit"I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong." - Charles M. SchulzWisdomWe all stumble in many ways... (James 3:2)WillpowerI will count myself human and let go of my senior moments. After all, I am a senior! Above all, know that God is with you every step of your journey and can't wait to greet you in heaven someday. But today is not that day, so live your senior life to the fullest!

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Philosophie et théologie

Humour

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	07 août 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736973656
Langue	English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
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LAUGHING ALL THE WAY
Copyright 2018 by Karen O Connor
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-7364-9 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-7365-6 (eBook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: O Connor, Karen, author.
Title: Laughing all the way / Karen O Connor.
Description: Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017061381 (print) | LCCN 2018013878 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736973656 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736973649 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Aging-Religious aspects-Christianity. | Older people-Religious life. | Laughter-Religious aspects-Christianity.
Classification: LCC BV4580 (ebook) | LCC BV4580 .O366 2018 (print) | DDC 248.8/5-dc23
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Dedication
For June, my sister and best friend
RIP

For Carol Sue, a silver-and-gold friend
Contents
Dedication
Up for New Opportunities?

Part One

Making New Choices

1. What s So Funny About Getting Old-er?
Making a Choice to Enjoy Aging

2. When You Feel like Making a U-Turn
Making a Choice to Move Forward

3. From Desperation to Inspiration-Heidi s Story
Making a Choice to Turn from Addictions

4. Fruitful Giving
Making a Choice to Share Ourselves

5. Comforting the Comfortless
Making a Choice to Serve in a New Way

6. Set the Table and Invite Some Friends
Making a Choice to Be Hospitable

7. Forgiveness, Love, and Respect
Making a Choice to Let Go

8. Invisible Gifts
Making a Choice to Find What Is Hidden

Part Two

Accepting New Challenges

9. Suddenly Single: Submitting to Grief
Accepting Loss with Dignity

10. Personality Puzzle
Accepting Temperament Differences

11. The Artist Within
Accepting and Expressing Our Talents

12. Giving Up or Giving In?
Accepting Setbacks

13. No One Can Steal Your Joy
Accepting a Joyful Outlook

14. You Have the Right to Be Wrong
Accepting Vulnerability

15. Blessings in Disguise
Accepting Good from the Unexpected

16. The Road to Gratitude
Accepting God s Grace

Part Three

Taking New Chances

17. Walls, Fences, or Welcome Mats?
Taking a Chance with People

18. It s Never Too Late for a Playdate
Taking a Chance on Having Fun

19. One Is Silver and the Other Gold
Taking New Chances with Friends

20. GRAND Parenting
Taking New Chances as Parents and Grandparents

21. Trippin on Trekkin
Taking New Chances Through Travel

22. Yes, You Can Say Yes!
Taking New Chances to Go for It

23. Hands Off Other People s Everything
Taking a Chance to Set Healthy Boundaries

24. Shhh! The Gift of Silence
Taking the Chance to Speak Less

Part Four

Opening New Chapters

25. Becoming Friends with God Again
Opening a New Chapter with the Lord

26. The Power of Breath
Opening a New Chapter on Wellness

27. Taking It Easy
Opening a New Chapter on Slowing Down

28. Simple Simplicity
Opening a New Chapter to Less Clutter

29. As Good as Your Word
Opening a New Chapter on Honesty

30. Ah! Sweet Sleep
Opening a New Chapter on Rest

31. Peace-Filled Living
Opening a New Chapter on Contentment

32. A Privilege Few Experience
Opening a New Chapter to the Golden Years
About the Author
Humor Is the New Fountain of Youth
More Great Books by Karen O Connor!
About the Publisher
Up for New Opportunities?
The tragedy of life is not that it ends too soon, but that we wait so long to begin it, said William Mather Lewis, an American teacher, university president, and government official. This quote gave me pause as I considered my life now that I m heading down the home stretch. Do I give up and just watch TV or do I open the door and walk outside eager for what God might bring my way today? I want to open the door, but sometimes I m afraid or worried or anxious about what might be out there. Now that I m a widow and living alone, I realize how much I relied on my partnership with my husband. We made decisions together. We traveled together. We talked with one another. We figured things out side by side.
You may have similar concerns as you look ahead. So I ve divided this book into four sections, each one focusing on some of the new opportunities that come our way as we step into the golden years, which at times may look and feel more like tarnished silver.

Making New Choices will cover some of the ways we can become involved with new people and places, as well as new ways of thinking.

Accepting New Challenges will highlight the inevitable experiences that are part of the aging process, such as illnesses, losses, and possible financial worries. We ll look at how we can accept and work with them in positive ways-and even smile through them.

Taking New Chances will prompt us to risk more and worry less, to do that thing we ve always wanted to do-whether it s taking singing lessons, or running a marathon, or repairing a broken friendship.

Opening New Chapters will suggest ways to rekindle your relationship with God, keys to living in the heartland of gratitude and joy regardless of the circumstances, and the markers to help you realize that growing old is truly a privilege few people get to experience.

Above all, God is with us. Proverbs 3:5-6 ( MSG ) says:

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he s the one who will keep you on track. Don t assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don t, dear friend, resent God s discipline; don t sulk under his loving correction. It s the child he loves that God corrects; a father s delight is behind all this.
I hope you will carry this message from God as well as the practical examples in this book to others who are traveling with you and those who will soon join you on this journey to heaven-and most of all that you ll laugh-or at least smile-and trust all the way. I m walking this road with you.
Karen O Connor
Part One
Making New Choices
Choice: An act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities: the choice between good and evil.
N EW O XFORD A MERICAN D ICTIONARY

Birds of a Feather
Birds of a feather flock together,
And so will pigs and swine;
Rats and mice will have their choice,
And so will I have mine.
N URSERY RHYME
I laughed out loud when I stumbled on this old Mother Goose nursery rhyme while preparing a writing class for young students. It reminded me that I always have a choice. I m not held captive to the opinions or choices of others, which is so important to remember-especially during our golden years. Let s look at making some choices, resisting temptation when it comes to personal desires, sharing ourselves with others, and dealing with past hurts.
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What s So Funny About Getting Old-er?

Making a Choice to Enjoy Aging

What s so humorous about aging? Some older folks might respond, Not much. And then they launch into their list of aches and pains, valid as they might be. On the other hand, there is plenty to chuckle about-misplacing our glasses, or hearing aids, or cell phones, for example-because when we get right down to it, life can be funny at any age. We just need to be willing to look for the sweet surprises, little jokes, and unexpected oopsies that make us laugh out loud.
Martin Luther, father of the Reformation movement and a theologian, made no bones about the funny side of life. If I m not allowed to laugh in heaven, then I don t want to go there, he said. American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr went so far as to say, Humor is, in fact, a prelude to faith, and laughter is the beginning of prayer. I love that one! A prelude to faith and the beginning of prayer. What a beautiful perspective. With that thought in mind we need never be worried or embarrassed to smile at life and even laugh about it. When the elders of Charles S