Just part of life
You know death and taxes are the 2 things you can't escape. HA!! I was reading a Rogers blog and found Joy's - it made me think a little. It made me think about getting older and living in general. There are several things I don't like to think about, loosing loved ones and such. Getting older doesn't bother me. I see it as a badge you earn and one that I deserve, heck, I made it this far, by gosh I deserve the privileges and respect that come with age. Of course, there are those who are "older" who don't act like they deserve it, who are mean, or fight aging with every once of their being. I am not saying you shouldn't take care of yourself, just that not allowing the natural process or appreciating it is a shame. Sure I want to look good and have people thinking I am attractive and such, but it sure isn't the purpose of my being. When I start focusing on that and worrying what people think of me, I actually get very unhappy and stressed.
Anyway, there are certain thinks, like wisdom, that are great parts of getting older. Oh, how we want to impart that to younger people. And how sad it is when they won't listen. I wouldn't go back for anything. I was pretty stupid, and so are so many young people today. I find it interesting how they have a live for the day kind of attitude that is bad. Not the enjoy the day kind of thing, but the party til you puke kind that only harms them. I have to say that I never did do the party, drink and sleep with as many people as I could. That was something that never appealed to me. Sure I had fun, laughed a lot, made a complete ASS of myself more than once, and sure cried at the drop of a hat about the least little thing....But I like the me today so much more than the me of youth. You know, the one thing that I would want? Energy - to have the energy I had when I was 17, heck that I had til the first child came. I think we leach a little of our own energy into that baby as we grow it and we never get it back. So, with each successive baby we loose a little more - HA!!
It is interesting as well the way we change. I was watching a program yesterday where the super model Iman was saying that you have to constantly reinvent yourself. I agree with that. Most of the things I enjoyed years ago I still enjoy, reading, horses, riding bicycles, and in general being outside. But the focus of those have changed and new things have come into the forefront, like gardening.
Yeah, I don't mind getting older and wiser. I do want to be smart about it. Seeing as how I am probably only 1/3 of the way through my life I have a lot I can work on and keep in proper perspective. I just want to be happy and help others be that way too. That is a part of life I can and will take.
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