by Jackie Houchin

#Bloganuary is a month of blog prompts that WordPress uses to get us bloggers off to a good start in the new year.

Day 7  What could you do differently?  NOW? Or back THEN?

If I could go back 40 years, when I “worshiped sunshine” and burned/tanned my skin over and over at the beach and at pools to get that fashionably golden, surfer look…. I would grab that self, shake it very hard, then forcibly drag it back inside.

Why?  Because these years later, the part of my skin that I so mistreated is age-marked and wrinkled, is sagging, is tissue thin and bruises and cuts so easily. And I have had multiple skin cancers removed, some leaaving ugly scars. (Thank God I have not had melanoma…yet.). Meanwhile, the part of my body that never tanned or burned (you know those areas) are pale and smooth and firm. No cancers or scars.  Oh, what I wish I could have done differently 40 years ago!

What could I do differently NOW?  Be nicer to other people. Go out of my way to love and serve and encourage others, even strangers.

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