I thought growing old would take longer
Sep 13, 2019 19:20:00 #
I had these great plans for my twenty-third birthday but they were ruined two days before it by systolic heart failure at 71. Well, that's what it feels like.
Every time there is a need to give my age, I am a bit stunned. Thoughts don't age. The mind is Peter Pan. Which is why any recognition of my actual age is occasionally disconcerting. Take bathing. I go into the bathroom for a shower and happen to glance in the mirror. I want to yell at the image, “What the hell are you doing in my house!” Awareness dawns. I slowly recognize the face. “Really,” I think, looking at my body, “how did that happen?” It could be invasion of the body-snatchers, in a way. (Covering all reflective surfaces helps...somewhat.)
Every time there is a need to give my age, I am a bit stunned. Thoughts don't age. The mind is Peter Pan. Which is why any recognition of my actual age is occasionally disconcerting. Take bathing. I go into the bathroom for a shower and happen to glance in the mirror. I want to yell at the image, “What the hell are you doing in my house!” Awareness dawns. I slowly recognize the face. “Really,” I think, looking at my body, “how did that happen?” It could be invasion of the body-snatchers, in a way. (Covering all reflective surfaces helps...somewhat.)
Sep 13, 2019 19:30:59 #
proud republican
Loc: RED CALIFORNIA
rumitoid wrote:
I had these great plans for my twenty-third birthd... (show quote)
You are right,Rumi....Aging sucks!!!....Take New Year for example..When i was in my 20's,30' and even 40's i could stay until like 5 am with no problem...Now in my mid 50's i can barely stay pass 2am...Aging sucks!!!
Sep 13, 2019 19:42:05 #
rumitoid wrote:
I had these great plans for my twenty-third birthd... (show quote)
It does kind of sneak up, doesn't it? I like to think I've led a pretty full life, yet the last thirty-some years of it... PHOOOM! Just blew by...
The important thing is never to lose your sense of humor, and yes... Keep up the youthful attitude and energy of mind. Be the twenty year old inside the geezer.
Sep 13, 2019 20:38:23 #
proud republican wrote:
You are right,Rumi....Aging sucks!!!....Take New Y... (show quote)
You are too funny pr.
Sep 13, 2019 20:39:19 #
Seth wrote:
It does kind of sneak up, doesn't it? I like to think I've led a pretty full life, yet the last thirty-some years of it... PHOOOM! Just blew by...
The important thing is never to lose your sense of humor, and yes... Keep up the youthful attitude and energy of mind. Be the twenty year old inside the geezer.
The important thing is never to lose your sense of humor, and yes... Keep up the youthful attitude and energy of mind. Be the twenty year old inside the geezer.
It is like magic, a disappearing act. But you are right: maintain the twenty year old.
Sep 13, 2019 21:03:02 #
rumitoid wrote:
I had these great plans for my twenty-third birthd... (show quote)
HAHAHA! "I thought growing old would take longer"! Now that's a good one!
It's better than dying young but it's more painful, too.
Sep 13, 2019 21:04:08 #
proud republican wrote:
You are right,Rumi....Aging sucks!!!....Take New Y... (show quote)
Heck! I almost never bother these days.
Sep 13, 2019 21:24:14 #
BigMike wrote:
HAHAHA! "I thought growing old would take longer"! Now that's a good one!
It's better than dying young but it's more painful, too.
It's better than dying young but it's more painful, too.
Very true.
Sep 14, 2019 03:20:02 #
It is 2am and I'm just coming home. Shocked a guy in the bar when he thought I was about 60. I'm three times his age, have more stories then he'll ever have and went out to run before I started drinking. I'm not old, but I have lived 78 years and am still living life to its fullest. Clint Eastwood came up with something recently about aging. "Don't let the old man in". Hell, I have trouble letting the middle aged man out. Get out and move daily. Weights, yoga, running, swimming. But live and do it for pleasure, not just a workout or a desperate effort to stay young.
Cheers and live happy and healthy
Cheers and live happy and healthy
Sep 14, 2019 12:45:00 #
ImLogicallyRight wrote:
It is 2am and I'm just coming home. Shocked a guy ... (show quote)
Thank you, great advice and really love that line: "Don't let the old man in."
Sep 14, 2019 14:20:24 #
bggamers
Loc: georgia
rumitoid wrote:
I had these great plans for my twenty-third birthd... (show quote)
Don't feel bad Rumi your not alone When I look in the mirror or have a birthday I just can't figure out how I got here so fast. One day I was 30 and the next I looked in the mirror and I was 68 and can't figure out were it all went. It's gone by so fast I never even had a chance to enjoy the in-between. As I sit here I have a cast on my rt foot for a broken ankle my first broken bone, I am still working a full-time job. I've raised my 3 sons taken only 3 vacations that I remember usually cash in my time to pay off bills so join the crowd and if you figure out who sped up the time machine let me know I'd like a few words with them
Sep 14, 2019 14:27:07 #
rumitoid wrote:
I had these great plans for my twenty-third birthd... (show quote)
rumi
sadly
I too am inflicted
prolly more than most
Sep 14, 2019 16:37:12 #
rumitoid wrote:
I had these great plans for my twenty-third birthd... (show quote)
Like looking at my hands and screaming.
My mother's hands are coming out of my sleeves.
Sep 14, 2019 17:26:57 #
Tug484 wrote:
Like looking at my hands and screaming.
My mother's hands are coming out of my sleeves.
My mother's hands are coming out of my sleeves.
I can't break rocks with mine anymore. Bones, yeah (mine), rocks, no.
Sep 14, 2019 17:29:08 #
BigMike wrote:
I can't break rocks with mine anymore. Bones, yeah (mine), rocks, no.
well Mike
you do know that rocks are hard
doncha?
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