Do you like getting old?
Oct 6, 2014 11:09:28 #
Searching wrote:
Maybe, I'm going through a second childhood, even though I was under the impression I hadn't left the first one behind yet, but for me, it's almost like seeing things through new eyes again. Perhaps, even though my life is still frantic, I appreciate more those fleeting moments of beauty and wonder and adventure because I have come to realize that my life is finite.
I know what you mean. When we are young we seldom think about dying and when we do, we tend to postpone it until much later in life. Now that I am almost 76, I think of it more, and with much more calmness than when I was young. When I was young, I never thought too much about health or dying, but when something was wrong, I went to the doctor and had annual check ups. Now I almost have to be d**gged to a doctor's office and I think I KNOW that if drastic measures are needed to keep me alive, I will turn down those drastic measures and opt for simply being kept comfortable. I say "think I KNOW" because one never really knows what he'll do when that time comes, but it seems to me that living simply to say one is living isn't much of a plan for life. I am not afraid of death itself. I don't like to anticipate what the forerunner to death may be like, and that's why I stress "being kept comfortable". 30 years ago I wouldn't have made this comment under any circumstances. Age does make one more laid back I believe. Aware, but not afraid of the inevitable. Everyone has to face it in his own way. My dad was so fortunate. He was outdoors pruning trees, and when my mother went to fetch him for lunch, she found him dead, lying on the ground, still holding the saw. THAT is how I hope I can go.
Oct 6, 2014 11:39:37 #
Oct 6, 2014 14:01:24 #
alex
Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
Tasine wrote:
I know what you mean. When we are young we seldom... (show quote)
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Oct 6, 2014 22:34:17 #
Searching wrote:
Maybe, I'm going through a second childhood, even though I was under the impression I hadn't left the first one behind yet, but for me, it's almost like seeing things through new eyes again. Perhaps, even though my life is still frantic, I appreciate more those fleeting moments of beauty and wonder and adventure because I have come to realize that my life is finite.
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Oct 6, 2014 22:38:16 #
alex wrote:
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Death is just another adventure in life :idea:
Oct 6, 2014 23:25:52 #
Armageddun wrote:
Death is just another adventure in life :idea:
Well put. Agreed. Hope, Faith!
Oct 6, 2014 23:31:48 #
archie bunker wrote:
Well put. Agreed. Hope, Faith!
My Dad used to say he didn't mind being a grandpa, he just h**ed the thought of being married to a grandma :shock: :shock: :shock: :roll: :roll: :roll:
Oct 6, 2014 23:39:59 #
Armageddun wrote:
My Dad used to say he didn't mind being a grandpa, he just h**ed the thought of being married to a grandma :shock: :shock: :shock: :roll: :roll: :roll:
I kinda dig 'Gramma Micki' around here!! :roll: :roll:
My grandson has one HOT Gram....doh!!!! Nuff said!!
Oct 6, 2014 23:43:56 #
archie bunker wrote:
I kinda dig 'Gramma Micki' around here!! :roll: :roll:
My grandson has one HOT Gram....doh!!!! Nuff said!!
My grandson has one HOT Gram....doh!!!! Nuff said!!
Down Boy, easy big fella :!: :!: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Oct 6, 2014 23:48:19 #
Armageddun wrote:
Down Boy, easy big fella :!: :!: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Hey!! Sometimes it's hard!! :lol: :lol: :P :P :mrgreen: :shock: :-o :oops:
Oct 6, 2014 23:50:36 #
alex
Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
archie bunker wrote:
Hey!! Sometimes it's hard!! :lol: :lol: :P :P :mrgreen: :shock: :-o :oops:
at your age?
Oct 6, 2014 23:52:54 #
Oct 6, 2014 23:57:05 #
alex
Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
archie bunker wrote:
Shhhh!!! I am a young man!!
yeah, I lie to myself all the time but that mirror catches me every time
Oct 7, 2014 00:07:02 #
alex wrote:
yeah, I lie to myself all the time but that mirror catches me every time
What you get for lookin at it!!
Some of us will just be happy with 'well seasoned.'
Oct 7, 2014 00:07:26 #
alex wrote:
yeah, I lie to myself all the time but that mirror catches me every time
I'm speechless :shock: :shock:
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