I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
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 and sleep until noon ? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 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 gets hit by a car? 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). MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!
MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER! FRIENDS FOREVER!
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Daisy and Disco Duck
Adelaide South Australia
Gotta Think Outside the Square!
Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.
If at First You Don't Succeed.......Redefine Success !!
Guru & Ma Ulladulla NSW Happy day, safe travelling Ford Ranger towing 21ft Jurgen shower and toilet which was large enough to fit in a few extras (fridge, bed, stove...)
I'm never getting old so it doesnt ring any bell's with me, how's that song go "forever young, I'm gonna be, forever young" I am forever the "jet set" scowling at you!!!!!!!!!!
must be pretty bad for the rest of you old ugly fat buggers though, no longer young and gorgeous like me!!!!!!!
but I just so happen to like the feller in the mirror, I like the old bloke who the very second he sits down has a heap of grandkids on his lap, all wanting to feed him lollies and drinks and getting him all sticky and telling him (all at once) about thier day and all wanting hug's all at once
I like that when a girl/woman has a problem she feels "non threatened" enough to come and lay or sit beside me and have a cry and tell me her problems any hour of any day then give me a big squishy hug for not saying anything but just listen, did I mention I like hug's
I like that I was smart enough to choose a woman who has stuck by me through thick and thin, through good times and bad and will more than likely bury me
I like that I have a squajillion like minded freinds, never had time before, I like that I only need 4 hours sleep a day, and not all at once,
I like that all my freinds are old fat and ugly just like me and that they laugh just as long and as hard as me
I like that I have the experience and time to help a lot of folks out about a lot of things and I like that I dont look for any thanks, I like the fact that I have "been there and done that" and am able to pass it on
I dont recognise the old bloke staring back out at me in the mirror, wrinkles and grey hair, spreading in the middle, but by hell I like him, he's turned out to be a pretty damn good bloke, I like that feller!!
and I'm pretty sure if you had a good long critical look at yourself in that same mirror, add up the sum total of your life achievements then you would have the same damn pride.............................................. life can be good!!!
Was only saying to Guru and my Mum yesterday, this is the first time in my entire life that I can honestly say "I AM CONTENT".
I am one of the lucky ones and just like you Dave I too like the face that looks back at me in the mirror the same as you do.
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Guru & Ma Ulladulla NSW Happy day, safe travelling Ford Ranger towing 21ft Jurgen shower and toilet which was large enough to fit in a few extras (fridge, bed, stove...)
Then there were the two homo judges,they tried each other.Oh the face in the Mirror,what the hell is my grandfather doing staring at me.LOL.Cheers.Ibbo.
well I dont reckon this face would fit anyone else so i guess I gotta keep it
a cowboy walks into a bar wearing paper trousers, paper hat, paper shirt, paper pants with paper chaps, the sherriff came in and arrested him................................. for rustling!!!!
did you hear about the homo gunslinger, rode into town and shot up the sherriff!!!
Friends are an essential ingredient of old age. Ever notice how family finds excuses?
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Don't take life too seriously.... No one gets out alive
KIA Sorento CRDi EX ( Ebony black) with 5 hex chrome plated tire air valve covers, Coramal Sunsheild, Elcheapo GPS, First Aid Kit, full KIA toolkit & Yellow lenses on the Foglights......
yep the eldest son gets a bit busy but he's still getting his life together and filling up his "goody bag" but the rest are consistent "flockers" we tend to flock toward each other regularly
Yeah I like the lady in the mirror too, she reminds me of my mother, and Mum was one of my very favourite people. Its a privelege to be like her, but I'm grateful to have a more comfortable life than her. She'd have loved to see Australia but her old curmudgeon husband (my father) wouldnt go anywhere, nor allow her to.
