Keep on dancing!
I spent today in my booth at the Garré Vineyard and Winery in Livermore, on Tesla Road. I met a lot of wonderful people, ate some really great food prepared by the staff of Café Garré, and saw a very inspiring sight!
What was the inspiring sight?
I watched a woman dancing to the great sounds of “The Bayou Boys” playing “New Orleans R&B – Cajun/Zydeco Music,” according to their card (phone 209-743-3025).
What was so inspiring about this particular woman?
It turns out that she is 92 years old. She danced to 5 or 6 songs over the course of the afternoon, and it looked like she was having a wonderful time! Friends of hers told me that she originally came from Louisiana.
I told a gentleman next to me that I want to grow old that way. He said, “Maybe the secret is to keep on dancing!” I think that he may very well be right.
Over the course of the last two days at the Harvest Wine Celebration, I met a lot of people: artists, firefighters, geologists, HR folks, high-tech people, financial folks who had recently been laid off, people who consult for oil companies, teachers – folks from many walks of life. We shared experiences of living in this wonderful state of California, and talked about the good and the bad. Many of the folks I met have had to re-invent themselves in recent years, either as the result of the current recession or as the result of age discrimination in their professions, or both! 
All of them were upbeat! All of them were flexible. All of them had grown with life’s experiences.
And as one woman said – she had learned to be thankful for every single day.
It was a very pleasant, warm-but-not-hot afternoon, with an occasional light breeze. People seated at tables, talking, drinking wine, sharing stories…. I was able to trade stories about great places to see in California (sometimes illustrated by photos), and I learned about some places where I have not been, YET!
And in the middle of it all was a 92-year-old woman, full of life, dancing to Cajun music and enjoying every minute….
-Bill at Cheshire Cat Photo™
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