Welcome to Things to Think About

Why This Page Exists

This page is a small corner of the site where we can take a moment to slow down and breathe. Things to Think About is filled with thoughts, feelings, and short poems designed to lift you up, calm your mind, or prompt you to pause for a moment. Life after 60 has its rhythm—and sometimes, we need a quiet reminder that we’re still growing, still healing, and still becoming. These words are here for that. From one soul to another, take what you need, leave what you don’t, and come back whenever you like.

“Resilience is the quiet power that stands up when no one else does. Strength is knowing you can lean on yourself. And independence? That’s the moment you stop asking for permission to live free.”

“I’ve walked through storms with no one beside me but the wind—and still, I stood. That’s resilience. That’s strength. That’s the beauty of learning to trust your own shadow before anyone else’s light.”

“You learn what you’re made of when no one comes, when the calls go unanswered. When it’s just you and the mirror, that’s where resilience is born. That’s where strength stops being a word—and becomes you.”

“The Sand Between Her Toes”

She didn’t come to think too hard, just needed the sound of the sea,
the kind of quiet that speaks louder than words and makes room for gratitude.

The sand was warm.
It pressed gentle truths between her toes,
reminding her: she’s still here. Still breathing. Still becoming.

The sun didn’t ask her age. It just showed up, laid soft light across her shoulders,
and made everything feel possible again.

Behind her were years of doing, giving, and figuring it out for everybody else.
Ahead, not an end, but something wide and green and still full of bloom.

She smiled, not because everything was perfect, but because something inside her
finally felt whole.

At sixty-something, she knows the good stuff isn’t behind her.
It’s right now. And just a little further down the shore.