AND THEN IT IS WINTER ..... You know ... time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams. But, here it is... the “back nine” of my life and it catches me by surprise...How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that “I was only on the first hole” and the “back nine” was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like. But, here it is...my friends are retired and getting gray...they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me...but, I see the great change...Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant...but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd become. Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore... it's mandatory! Cause if I don't on my own free will... I just fall asleep where I sit! And so...now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!! But, at least I know, that though I’m on the “back nine”, and I'm not sure how long it will last...this I know, that when it's over on this earth...it's over. A new adventure will begin! Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn't done...things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I'm happy to have done. It's all in a lifetime. So, if you're not on the “back nine” yet...let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly! Don't put things off too long!! Life goes by quickly. So, do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether you’re on the “back nine” or not! You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life...so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember...and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!! "Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one.
lol thanks for that...now i have to go to bed with brain images of my father running and he runs like someone who's just shit in his pants which are too big for his waist god i hope i dont run like that.....ever
So true! Take opportunities when they come, because at some point they will stop coming. The ironic thing about your post, though, is that the people who have the most to gain from your message won't read it.
I got sent home from school numerous times because my skirt was too shirt. My mother got called in once or twice. She dutifully listened to the principal go on and on about my "moral development", then as soon as we were out in the car, she giggled along with me. And I had to have a girl friend in a larger city some distance away buy me a teeny bikini because they weren't available in my small town.
you know what it all comes too,dear old granny... it's the sheer lack of feeling a hippie...everybody can profile himself/herself as a hippie.. it has become an internet thing..in my sincere opinion it goes much deeper then a bit typing on an azerty/qwerty keyboard.. oh well..I'm not gonna say much more...oh no..why should I??:mickey: you know??Arizona..is a special state in the bloody U.S.A?? must be that nearby desert,is it?
Most of all I miss my sweet wife. It's almost 7 months since she passed away, cared for and loved by me. We were in love for more than 50 years. I'm so grateful for every time I told her I loved her, how beautiful she was, how much fun, how I respected her.
Soda with real sugar. Mostly now as a treat I will drink soda and usually it will be either a natural one or a Mexican one without the high fructose corn syrup. C/S, Rev J
See it clearly? XD Why, I don't think I've ever seen anything too clearly... physically either. I've been under the impression that clear thinking and maturity come when I get older.