If I think back to when I was young it seemed like I always had something to look forward to. When I was really little, I couldn’t wait to grow up and be like the big kids. Seems like that took an eternity. Then once I was a big kid, I couldn’t wait to get a driver’s license, then to hit 18, then to graduate. An involuntary stint with Uncle Sam was another eternity. Reaching 21 took ages. Finding a house, a good woman and a decent job all seemed to take way too long. A 30 year career seemed like a life sentence. However once I retired time seems to fly by. The reason why, I think, is that there’s really nothing more of any significance to look forward to.
Perhaps the Greatest Human Experience
Lies just ahead.
.
That’s what I’m striving For.
Personally, for some reason this is the first year in decades that hasn’t seemed to pass quickly. Also, my time in the Navy took an eternity to pass. I was only 18 and looking at my enlistment and and seeing my discharge date so far away, that time seemed to move by at a crawl.