Good reminders

At Greenbelt last year I was fortunate enough to attend a question and answer session with Rob Bell. I remember it being very interesting with some real gems but it not being an official 'talk' didn't take any notes.
Greenbelt have just released the session as a free download on their blog. I listened to it again over the last couple of days and have scribbled down a few things. As always with Rob I find that afterwards my head is buzzing with illumninating thoughts and creative ideas so despair that I actually have to work and can't just sit with pen in hand and scribble it all down!
Having turned 37 and pondering about what it means to grow older, one comment struck me. Rob had done a talk that weekend entitled Two kinds of New, one of the central themes being flexible as we grow older. This prompted a question as to how we can stop ourselves becoming inflexible and old.
'When something makes you feel old, move towards it with a sense of expectant discovery'
I shall be pondering that amongst other things in my struggle with not necessarily being bothered about getting older but more the lack of progress I sense in key areas of my life.
However for now, I shall kick against that cultural conclusion that there is nothing good about getting older and delight in all the new discoveries I make.