Bulletin Inserts by Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.

GROWING OLD, OR WHAT?

By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.

The following article came to me recently and I contended that I should pass it on. It has been slightly edited and a conclusion added.

Recently I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.!! (Age activated Attention Deficit Disorder). This is how it manifests

1) I decide to wash my car. And as I start toward the garage I notice there is mail on the hall table.

2) I decide to go through the mail before washing the car. I lay the car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can and notice the trash can is full. So I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first. But then I think, "since I'm going near the mail box when taking the trash out anyway, I may as well pay the bills first".

3) I take my checkbook off the table and see there is only one check left. My extra checks are in the desk in the study, so I go to the desk where I find a can of coke I had been drinking.

4) I'm going to look for my checks but first need to push the coke aside so I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the coke is getting warm, and decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

5) As I head to the kitchen with the coke -- a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye, they need to be watered. I set the coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

6) Decided I had better put them on my desk, but first will water the flowers. Set the glasses back down on the counter to fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

7) I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV we’ll be looking for the remote but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table so

decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first will water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor.

8) So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels to wipe up the spill.

9) Then I head down the hallway trying to remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: The car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm can of coke sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in the checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and don't remember what I did with the car keys.

10) Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long and am really tired.

GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC

I realize this is a serious problem, and will try to get some help for it. Don't laugh if this isn't you yet-- your day is coming!

Not only is the day coming for each of us to probably get forgetful and everything else that goes along with it, but the day is coming when we will all stand before our Creator. Thus, may we be serious about this and take the proper steps.

Plainly, don’t get short changed. Let’s be ready to meet our Maker. The Bible (in Acts) teaches that to avoid hell and gain heaven - one must: