Life has too many twists and turns, you can't put down ideas about what you are going to do at a certain age. A restless mind is an intelligent mind, always searching for that new thing to satisfy the curiosity. I learned too late in life that if you have an idea or an itch to do something, you need to just get on and do it. Life has this habit of turning round and biting you, and it's only when you realise that your life might end sooner than you hope that you start having regrets about the things you haven't done. In my case cancer 15 years ago, only saved by a transplant. In the 3 weeks between diagnosis and surgery my whole outlook on life changed. It could happen to you. Don't follow what everyone else does ( remember, only dead fish go with the flow), or what others expect you to do. Your semi guilty conscience about doing things outside what is perceived as the norm is a potential trap which will deprive you of your free mind. Only do things because you want to, not because you feel you have to.
Everyday I wake up is a bonus, I just get on with the day. Life is biting me again, I've had to give up the bike after 45 years. At 66 I don't mind really, it's not the end of the world, I'm just going to get on with something else, and as Tolkein has often been quoted here:- '' all we have to do is to decide what to do with the time that is given to us''.
Little song for you:- appropriate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaQnYSbgnM0
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-''It is better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction''. ( Herman Siu)
-'' Live life then give life '' ( www.lltgl.org.uk)
Last edited by Pongo; 22 Jun 2017 at 16:44.
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