• No Green Bananas

  Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 29, 2013 (message contributor)

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  Tags:  Aging

  Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

NO GREEN BANANAS

Approaching 85 years of age, Mrs. Wells finally decided it was time to give up her home in North Carolina and move to Miami. She was given the name of a Florida realtor, who enthusiastically drove her all over Miami, extolling the virtues of every apartment they looked at.

"And this one, what a steal," he said, "the investment of a lifetime. Why, in 10 years it's gonna be worth three times as much!"

"Sonny," interrupted Mrs. Wells, "at my age I don't even buy green bananas."

Age has a way of changing our perspective on time. When we were younger, we felt that we would live forever. But every year, we come more and more to grips with the idea that life is short, and every day is to be savored.

That's not to say that we shouldn't plan for the future (not buying green bananas is a little extreme!), but we should always live with the realization that we're not promised even one more day.