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AZ Jim

AZ Jim

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Sometimes I wonder where all those years went, what happened to that old friend, to my health. I think, gee it would be nice to be back at an age when things seemed better. Then I take in the way the world is now and decide it's better to be old. I only worry for my Grand children and their children because of what they have inherited and wish things were better. I guess whatever will be, will be. Pessimistic day for me I reckon...
 

AZ Jim said:
Sometimes I wonder where all those years went, what happened to that old friend, to my health. I think, gee it would be nice to be back at an age when things seemed better. Then I take in the way the world is now and decide it's better to be old. I only worry for my Grand children and their children because of what they have inherited and wish things were better. I guess whatever will be, will be. Pessimistic day for me I reckon...
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We made it without helmets!! I found 2 old friends on the internet, if not for that I would have never seen or heard from them!
 
Good for you. I hope that went well. Did you still have things in common? I talked to a guy on the phone the other day who I last spoke with in 1954. We caught up on old times. My younger brother gave him my number. But, I am concerned with a world gone crazy. I can not recall a time when almost anywhere you looked there was trouble or war. I don't know why man has to be man's worst enemy.
 

Not pessimistic Jim, I'm sure your feelings are shared by many on SF. I think of myself as a 20th century person not a 21st. We were fortunate enough to have lived through some times that could honestly be described as American Exceptionalism, but there's was also a lot of dirty linen back then that I prefer not to think about. I think your 'whatever will be, will be' is an apt summary. . . .it's also a line from an old song isn't it?
 
Josiah09 said:
Not pessimistic Jim, I'm sure your feelings are shared by many on SF. I think of myself as a 20th century person not a 21st. We were fortunate enough to have lived through some times that could honestly be described as American Exceptionalism, but there's was also a lot of dirty linen back then that I prefer not to think about. I think your 'whatever will be, will be' is an apt summary. . . .it's also a line from an old song isn't it?
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Que, Que Sera!! Doris Day
 
Sorry you are feeling this way. I do think it's normal and I feel the same way sometimes. Even though my younger years were not easy, I probably didn't think about the future and worry like I do now. It's kind of a trade off.
 
AZ Jim said:
Sometimes I wonder where all those years went, what happened to that old friend, to my health. I think, gee it would be nice to be back at an age when things seemed better. Then I take in the way the world is now and decide it's better to be old. I only worry for my Grand children and their children because of what they have inherited and wish things were better. I guess whatever will be, will be. Pessimistic day for me I reckon...
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I also wonder sometimes about where all the time has gone, and long for the days where things were better in the world and I was younger. I don't have any children to be concerned about, and in that in itself is a bit depressing at times. We all have our bittersweet days, feeling a bit down and remembering the past. I think as we all get older, we think of these things more often, it's only natural.
 
I also think that when we get to feeling that way, we also fail to remember the bad stuff about the good ol' days, and we only remember all the great stuff and tend to sugarcoat it all, at least I tend to do that. I was thinking the other day about the best job I ever had, and then I remembered that it, too had it's share of pain-in-the buttness.
 
Jim, I hope you got through your day OK - that happens to me sometimes too when the world and life seem to be too much - it's part of being a human being living in a complex world. I have no advice, except to say we've all been there. :peaceful:
 
I subscribe to the TIHII (tee-hee) Theory: "This Is How It Is". When I get tempted to wallow in the slough of despond and moan "this isn't the way it was supposed to happen", I try to put on my big-girl panties and say TIHII. And I try to remember the definition of "experience": "Experience is what you got when you didn't get what you expected." I can't say it works ALL the time, but it works SOME of the time and that puts me ahead of the game.
 
Sometimes, usually on a summers evening sitting on the deck, under the moonlight with a glass of wine, I look back and wonder where the years went. I realize that the time ahead is (much) shorter than the time behind, and I think back on the things I wanted to do but never did.

And then I realize that I have an incredible wife, a comfortable life, 2 adoring dogs, I have my health, and that I must be the luckiest son of a gun in the world. It's about this time my wife comes out, smacks me alongside the head, tells me I've had too much to drink, and I need to come in before the skeeters eat me alive.

I chuckle, just happy to still be alive.
 
DoItMyself said:
Sometimes, usually on a summers evening sitting on the deck, under the moonlight with a glass of wine, I look back and wonder where the years went. I realize that the time ahead is (much) shorter than the time behind, and I think back on the things I wanted to do but never did.

And then I realize that I have an incredible wife, a comfortable life, 2 adoring dogs, I have my health, and that I must be the luckiest son of a gun in the world. It's about this time my wife comes out, smacks me alongside the head, tells me I've had too much to drink, and I need to come in before the skeeters eat me alive.

I chuckle, just happy to still be alive.
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Good for you. Yes, we all have things to be happy about.
 
DoItMyself said:
Sometimes, usually on a summers evening sitting on the deck, under the moonlight with a glass of wine, I look back and wonder where the years went. I realize that the time ahead is (much) shorter than the time behind, and I think back on the things I wanted to do but never did.

And then I realize that I have an incredible wife, a comfortable life, 2 adoring dogs, I have my health, and that I must be the luckiest son of a gun in the world. It's about this time my wife comes out, smacks me alongside the head, tells me I've had too much to drink, and I need to come in before the skeeters eat me alive.

I chuckle, just happy to still be alive.
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Are you sure this isn't a scene from a movie?
 
I think I myself may pick at least one day out of the week to stop watching the news just to feel a little better about it all; it's really been one depressing headline after the other, so, I can clearly understand the feelings you are having when it comes to societal woes. I might even try for a few days of tuning out the news a week at a time. I can dream of the possibility of making it a reality I guess. :)
 
I'm glad I was born when I was and grew up during the decades I did. So I'm glad I'm the age I am now in the 21st century. I worry about the futures of my grandchildren and I hate that kids have to grow up too fast.

My health is good and I'm fit and am grateful every day for that as I don't know for long I'll have both. Just this week I heard on BBC that 1 out of every 2 people in the UK will have some type of cancer at some point in their lives. Depressing thought.
 
AZ Jim said:
Good for you. I hope that went well. Did you still have things in common? I talked to a guy on the phone the other day who I last spoke with in 1954. We caught up on old times. My younger brother gave him my number. But, I am concerned with a world gone crazy. I can not recall a time when almost anywhere you looked there was trouble or war. I don't know why man has to be man's worst enemy.
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Yes, it is working out great..I have more in common with the one that was my best friend even with 50 years absent!!
 
Sunshine

Jim, I find this time of the year if the weather decides to stay cloudy and damp and dismal for too long I get to feeling that way. We have had more cloudy cold days here in SE Texas than I can ever remember. It is not good for a person, we need bright shinny sunny days! :cool:

I also do not allow myself to watch too much national news, that can truly make a person very depressed.
 
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