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With all the recent milestones of birthdays (including mine) and New Years, and even an eleventy-first, here's something to help keep all this in persepctive:

>George Carlin's Views on Aging


Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old
is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so
excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?"
"I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four
and a half, going on five.

That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back.
You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey,
you're gonna be 16!

And then the greatest day of your life . . .. you become 21. Even the
words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21. . .YEARS.

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like
bad milk. He TURNED, we had to throw him out. There's no fun now,
you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed? You
BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the
brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 . . .
and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME
21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so
much speed that you HIT 70!

After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your
80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30;
you REACH bedtime.

And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I was
JUST 92." Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you
become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!" May you all make it to
a healthy 100 and a half!!

>HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes
age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is
why you pay him/ her.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts,
gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the
devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only
person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you
are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family,
pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your
refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,
improve
it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county,
to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAY REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we
take, but by the moments that take our breath away.





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thanks, WO'N, what a nice present to share.



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Thank you, Sweet WO'N. I subscribe so heartily to #10, I ought to reach 100 and a half! Speaking of which--I love you, Sweet WO'N!


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Thanks for this, WO'N! - may I add to it, George Carlin's views on how life is backwards:

The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A death. What’s that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards.

You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you’re too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating...you finish off as an orgasm.


Sounds pretty good to me....


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THANK YOU, W'ON. Was just griping about not being able to simply sleep on the weekend, and then I read your post. Somehow feel better.

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Happy Birthday, WO'N and etaoin!


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