Posted on 01/19/2019 1:18:33 PM PST by sodpoodle
I can hit the golf ball any way I can and laugh if it goes in the lake. That's the breaks. I'm just happy I can still hit that golf ball.
As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or play, on the computer, until 4 AM, or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 50, 60 & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love, I will.
I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves, with abandon, if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And, I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet passes? But, broken hearts are what give us strength, and understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken, is pristine, and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).
bttt
I see the same thing and still I feel like a bad son every time i leave the place.
As for getting old, it is inevitable of course and we will all die one day. Im just working to be prepared for that and not mess up too badly.
How old would you be if you did not know when you were born? A good question.
I don’t mind so much getting old as I do seeing it in others.
75 is the new 55. Unless you are Ruth Bader Ginsburg then 85 is the new 95, or if you are diabetic Sonia Sotomayor then 65 is the new 85. Just ask the other people here.
My wife and I were both very competitive athletes in our younger years. We still like to tandem bicycle ride especially. The funny thing is... most the other cyclists we see on the bike paths and country roads are middle aged or well beyond. Young people these days seem to be less adventurous and very inactive compared to people who were young adults in the 60s, 70s and 80s. And they are a whole lot fatter than we were as well.
You are a good son. It’s gut-wrenching watching a parent decline.
For those on this thread looking for resources for parental care, my wife and I struck gold when we found my mother a “residential care home” run by Filipinos. They tend to be loving, family-oriented people. Far better than a commercial “assisted living” facility.
That would be great! I’d welcome it!
:-)
Hey, are you the person in the photo with Jim Rob? Amnd, did you go to the first Los Angeles Freeper get together?
If so, I may have met you!
I was at the first Freeper gathering around, Santa Monica, Marina del Rey or someplace?
No fifty is the beginning of old.
Would love a house mate.
I wish I could gather all of you up and have you all as neighbors.
bless you
Plan G - Nursing Home Plan
Say you are an older senior citizen and can no longer take care of yourself.
The government says there is no Nursing Home care available for you. So, what do you do? You opt for
“Medicare Plan G”.
The plan gives anyone 75 or older a gun (Plan G) and one bullet. You are allowed to shoot one worthless politician.
This means you will be sent to prison for the rest of your life where you will receive three meals a day, a roof over your head, central heating and air conditioning, cable TV, a library, and all the Health Care you need.
Need new teeth? No problem. Need glasses? That’s great. Need a hearing aid, new hip, knees, kidney, lungs, sex change, or heart? They are all covered!
As an added bonus, your kids can come and visit you at least as often as they do now! And, who will be paying for all of this?
The same government that just told you they can’t afford for you to go into a nursing home.
You will get rid of a useless politician, while you are at it.
Now, because you are a prisoner, you don’t have to pay any more income taxes!
In some states you can still vote.
Is this a great country or what?
Now that I’ve solved your senior financial plan, enjoy the rest of your week.
I know that if I live long enough I will rue the day that I even broached the subject, but here goes:
I retired five years ago, and my wife joined me two years later.
ALL of our children and grandchildren (who I dearly love) live within ten miles of the homestead.
It seems there is not a moment of any day/week/month that someone is not at the house, either for a visit, babysitting, you name it.
Again, I love them all dearly, but contrary to the common complaint assigned to senior citizens, for me a little "alone time" would be a rare treat once in awhile.
Grampa Dave, I could come up with a list of suggested politicians. When do we start?
Frank Sinatra would agree.
Right now, I’m in pretty good health and have a great loving wife, good friends, close adult sons and their families living nearby.
Also, the internet allows us to keep in contact with relatives and surviving friends on a regular or sporadic basis.
If things change, we can get together.
What is sad about this suggestion, are some of the news reports of seniors doing whacked out things to get arrested.
bite your tongue whippersnapper!
Your a good ol cornball.
I stay with my MIL so she is not alone since my FIL passed, shes 82 and kind of getting a little forgetful.
It just happened to be the best course of action 3 years ago but, wow, I didnt think it would be 3 years. She was batty in the belfry but I got her off the bad meds she was on.
That was what made it seem like it would not be so long.
Now, shes doing better.
She doesnt want assisted living and I cant really blame her.
Im commited now, dont rally see an end close by, my wife spends the weekends with me.
In the big picture, that was always the same anywy when we were both working and just passing by eachother during the week and weekends too run down to do much.
MIL does not have to be alone, it is just unnecessary.
Other alternatives, shes just not ready for, I think she deserves to be happy.
Me and my wife are going on a two day bike trip that will take us 48 miles this summer, and hopefully I will make the trip both ways by myself later in the year in 3 days. The feeling of the wind at 25 self propelled MPH is amazing.
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