Keeping Vital

Every year Joe gives me a little calendar that he receives from Guideposts. It's a little foldout calendar that sits on my computer desk. Sometimes I read the message and sometimes I just forget it. This morning, when I was feeling tired and "old" I read the little message...Here it is:
Keep vital. Are you getting old and tired? Charles Lamb said, "We grow old in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair." I've seen so many people who exemplify the happy opposite of that: people with gray hair, or no hair at all, who never did grow gray in their spirits. Life should never grow dull or flat to us. It should never lose it's luster.
What a great message for me...going into fall then winter. I was thinking about winter coming and how I would be in the house more...not being able to work outside. Feeling the dread of finding something to do each day. Forgetting that  I have so many fun things to do here at home...reading my tall pile of books saved, art work, plant care, cooking, TV shows, needlework, catching up with family and friends, my work at Church and of course blogging.   Joe has little Christian notes on our fridge...to remind us of good things.I think that these little reminders help keep us vital. We read them and the message  takes off in our brains and maybe those thoughts help to give us a good day.What do  you do to keep vital?
Balisha