Just Keep Swimming

As I have gotten older I find myself slowing down in life content to do less and less. What I used to find fun sounds crazy now. New Years Eve celebrations, gathering with groups of friends and tent camping just to mention a few. I remember spending many late nights with friends, playing games or just talking and a lot of laughing. These evening would go on sometimes until 1 and 2 in the morning while our children (12 total to be exact) played, fought a little and reeked havoc with toys everywhere. Now, the idea of coming home getting cozy and down right crawling into bed by 8 or 9 sounds like a highlight of the week. While this is nice sometimes, there's this part of me that would like to see this be different. I mean, what is the purpose, what is the joy. I love it when my kids push me to stay young by getting me into a more active side of life. While they aren't always successful it's when they are and the evening or day is done it is a good feeling. So with a healthclub membership knocking on my conciense, dance lessons waiting in the wings and a weekly ladies bible class filling my spiritual hunger, I have decided to take the advice of the famous Dori in "Finding Nemo". That when I feel tired and have little energy, to fight the urge to doing nothing but instead  JUST KEEP SWIMMING.