Lunch....And then it was Winter
Aug 2, 2013 20:40:35 #
Please read this all the way thru. It will hit home!!!
---------- Subject: Fw: LUNCH and then it was winter To: True words, for sure!!!!' "Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value I FIRST STARTED READING THIS EMAIL & WAS READING FAST UNTIL I REACHED THE THIRD SENTENCE. I STOPPED AND STARTED OVER READING SLOWER AND THINKING ABOUT EVERY WORD. THIS EMAIL IS VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING. MAKES YOU STOP AND THINK. READ SLOWLY! 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 winter 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 winter 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 I ...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 be.
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 the winter has come, and I'm not sure how long it will last...this I know, that when it's over on this earth...its 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 in your winter 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 this is your winter 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.
LIVE IT WELL! ENJOY TODAY! DO SOMETHING FUN! BE HAPPY ! HAVE A GREAT DAY
Remember "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. LIVE HAPPY IN 2013! LASTLY, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YET THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL EVER BE SO - ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS.
~Your kids are becoming you......but your grandchildren are perfect!
~Going out is good.. Coming home is better!
~You forget names.... But it's OK because other people forgot they even knew you!!!
~You realize you're never going to be really good at anything.... especially singing.
~The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don't care to do them anymore. ;
~You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than in bed. It's called "pre-sleep".
~You miss the days when everything worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch..
~You tend to use more 4 letter words ... "what?"..."when?"... ???
~Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.
~You notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless"?!!!
~What used to be freckles are now liver spots.
~Everybody whispers.
~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet....
2 of which you will never wear.
~~~But Old is good in some things: Old Songs, Old movies, and best of all, OLD FRIENDS!! Stay well, "OLD FRIEND!" Send this on to other "Old Friends!" and let them laugh in AGREEMENT!!! It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived.
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I didn't realize how much of this is true until I read it.
So Friend....Read it also and think.
Sarge69
---------- Subject: Fw: LUNCH and then it was winter To: True words, for sure!!!!' "Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value I FIRST STARTED READING THIS EMAIL & WAS READING FAST UNTIL I REACHED THE THIRD SENTENCE. I STOPPED AND STARTED OVER READING SLOWER AND THINKING ABOUT EVERY WORD. THIS EMAIL IS VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING. MAKES YOU STOP AND THINK. READ SLOWLY! 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 winter 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 winter 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 I ...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 be.
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 the winter has come, and I'm not sure how long it will last...this I know, that when it's over on this earth...its 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 in your winter 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 this is your winter 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.
LIVE IT WELL! ENJOY TODAY! DO SOMETHING FUN! BE HAPPY ! HAVE A GREAT DAY
Remember "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. LIVE HAPPY IN 2013! LASTLY, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YET THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL EVER BE SO - ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS.
~Your kids are becoming you......but your grandchildren are perfect!
~Going out is good.. Coming home is better!
~You forget names.... But it's OK because other people forgot they even knew you!!!
~You realize you're never going to be really good at anything.... especially singing.
~The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don't care to do them anymore. ;
~You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than in bed. It's called "pre-sleep".
~You miss the days when everything worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch..
~You tend to use more 4 letter words ... "what?"..."when?"... ???
~Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.
~You notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless"?!!!
~What used to be freckles are now liver spots.
~Everybody whispers.
~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet....
2 of which you will never wear.
~~~But Old is good in some things: Old Songs, Old movies, and best of all, OLD FRIENDS!! Stay well, "OLD FRIEND!" Send this on to other "Old Friends!" and let them laugh in AGREEMENT!!! It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived.
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I didn't realize how much of this is true until I read it.
So Friend....Read it also and think.
Sarge69
Aug 2, 2013 20:52:30 #
very nice sarge69...I may not be in the winter yet but I am seeing the leaves starting to change color...been around the block enough times to know what comes next...live well friend!
Aug 2, 2013 20:52:53 #
Aug 2, 2013 21:37:00 #
Dakota Boreas wrote:
Those were the days my friend. We thought they'd never end.
Keep up that thought. It'd make a nice song.
Sarge69 :shock: :shock:
Aug 2, 2013 21:44:39 #
Aug 2, 2013 21:56:43 #
Thanks. I need to be reminded sometimes.
I think it is part of getting old, I still want to do the things I did but my body says "are you kidding"?
I think it is part of getting old, I still want to do the things I did but my body says "are you kidding"?
Aug 2, 2013 22:21:00 #
TrainNut wrote:
Thanks. I need to be reminded sometimes.
I think it is part of getting old, I still want to do the things I did but my body says "are you kidding"?
I think it is part of getting old, I still want to do the things I did but my body says "are you kidding"?
That is so true. Half the time I can't remember where I left my walking stick and am too tired to get the old walker out. Don't have to go anywhere anyhow. I really like the part about sleeping in the chair as that is where I spend a good portion of my nights. I have been in winter for a long time.
Aug 2, 2013 22:27:20 #
Ol' Frank wrote:
That is so true. Half the time I can't remember where I left my walking stick and am too tired to get the old walker out. Don't have to go anywhere anyhow. I really like the part about sleeping in the chair as that is where I spend a good portion of my nights. I have been in winter for a long time.
I do not know who said it but "youth is wasted on the young" is so true.
George Bernard Shaw said it. I love google.
Aug 2, 2013 23:49:04 #
geez Sarge, you just put a chill down my spine....my philosophy is, "may you live as long as you want to, and want to as long as you live"
Aug 3, 2013 06:11:23 #
Someday I will get old but for now I will continue to push "old" ahead of me and let it engulf those people unaware of its consequences untill its too late ........their youth spent and they ..... become "old"
Aug 3, 2013 07:15:51 #
I forced myself to read right through this Sarge and now I realize that it was no accident that I chose my avatar as myself looking backwards. When I read the obits in our local paper I realize how many are younger than I but am not sure how I should feel about that.
Aug 3, 2013 07:25:07 #
Cornishpete wrote:
I forced myself to read right through this Sarge and now I realize that it was no accident that I chose my avatar as myself looking backwards. When I read the obits in our local paper I realize how many are younger than I but am not sure how I should feel about that.
As indicated, many times I think that humans are too complex to have come from a single cell. I wonder about 'here after' and what it might bring. My old Uncle says 'Total Oblivion, it'll be over' but I can't see that or at least don't want to' sounds too final. I'm not a bible thumper but I look up sometimes and say ' You Did Good '
Sarge69
Aug 3, 2013 08:08:22 #
Aug 3, 2013 08:14:18 #
sarge69 wrote:
Please read this all the way thru. It will hit ho... (show quote)
Thanks for posting Sarge. Feels more like an Ice-age for me at the moment but the Docs have said there will be a thaw for me.
Aug 3, 2013 08:14:40 #
I just think about the things I can do today that I couldn't do back then and enjoy most of the thoughts of things I did do. The way the world is heading today makes me glad I'm in my winter and feel a little sad for those that are enjoying their summer.
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