{"id":151,"date":"2026-10-08T04:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/lull\/learning-to-sit-at-seventy-four\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T04:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:10:33","slug":"learning-to-sit-at-seventy-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/lull\/learning-to-sit-at-seventy-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to sit at seventy-four"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"151\" class=\"elementor elementor-151\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34332783 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34332783\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7640ada6 e-flex e-con-full e-con 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class=\"section-main-title size-default\">Learning to sit at seventy-four<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40426a98 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40426a98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74be7a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_heading\" data-id=\"74be7a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gum-widget-title\"><h1 class=\"section-main-title size-default\">Learning to sit at seventy-four<\/h1><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66f8b94f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66f8b94f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Walter, one of our oldest students, on starting late and why he wishes he had started later.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<article class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-294e3c0b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"294e3c0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34dad58b e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34dad58b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-677a830f elementor-post-meta-divider-text elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"677a830f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"meta-divider\"><span>\u00b7<\/span><\/li><li class=\"list-meta\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">6 min read<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-513f4508 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_image\" data-id=\"513f4508\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:0}\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-featureimage\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/lull\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/10\/b-seventy-1.jpg)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/lull\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/10\/b-seventy-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e3cdbcc e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e3cdbcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-760cfdbc elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"760cfdbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Walter came to his first class the week after his seventy-fourth birthday. His daughter had given him a pack of ten classes and he said he came mostly so the gift would not go to waste. Three years later he sits with us every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22eefabc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22eefabc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The first class<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72ec2a6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72ec2a6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He sat on a chair at the back, near the door. He told me afterwards he spent the whole forty minutes thinking about his late wife, his garden and whether he had left the stove on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d133094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d133094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I told him that was a very good first class. He did not believe me, but he came back the next week to find out what I meant.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222ab1a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"222ab1a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cI thought I was too old to start. It turns out I was just old enough.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712117c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"712117c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What changed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ee6c8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34ee6c8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He says he sleeps better, but that is not what he talks about. He talks about noticing things: the light on the garden in the morning, the sound of the kettle, his grandchildren's faces when they are telling him something.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52641be6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52641be6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He also says he is kinder to himself. At seventy-seven he has stopped arguing with his knees and started listening to them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5cd489 e-flex e-con-full animated-fast elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c5cd489\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65d0b276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65d0b276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Walter's practice<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92276a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92276a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What he does every morning<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717a0e9c e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"717a0e9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca6bec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cca6bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de490e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1de490e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sits in the same armchair by the window.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46e9c08f e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"46e9c08f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25fdd16d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25fdd16d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc9449a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5cc9449a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sets the kitchen timer for fifteen minutes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61277411 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61277411\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349a73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349a73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e664953 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e664953\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Counts ten breaths, then starts again at one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32328c91 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32328c91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1904b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1904b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b89e1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71b89e1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Writes one line in a notebook before breakfast.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e4b07b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e4b07b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why later, not 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At forty he would have treated it like another job to be good at. At seventy-four he had nothing left to prove, so he could just sit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70049af9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70049af9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Tuesday morning class is gentle, chair-based and open to every age. 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