Senior moments have there advantages.

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Paul

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Like looking back and evaluating the things you did in your life, and then asking the question...Why? It has taken me seventy years to understand life in general and my life today. But I did it and understand who I am and why? I feel great about being a sen-ager. Paul
 

'Senior moments' usually mean memory loss, so no advantage to that. .. But thinking back as a senior, on life, and putting the pieces of your life together can be a rewarding feeling. ..... or not. :)
 
Dear Boo's Mom,
One can look forward are back word with positive are negative thoughts. I suggest positive thoughts which wipe away negative ones. Just because we are seniors doesn't mean we are ready to push up daisies. Think how we can enrich others life through our experiences. Paul
 

I have had so called senior moments all my adult life. Nothing new to me.

People usually regret things they did not do, not things they did.
 
I think when we look back on things that we don't feel good about, we should forgive ourselves and concentrate on the positive. We shouldn't dwell on the past however, we should live with enthusiasm in the present and look forward to a bright future. We shouldn't regret old age at all, but embrace it...you know what they say, many are denied the opportunity to grow old. :sentimental:
 
SeaBreeze said:
I think when we look back on things that we don't feel good about, we should forgive ourselves and concentrate on the positive. We shouldn't dwell on the past however, we should live with enthusiasm in the present and look forward to a bright future. We shouldn't regret old age at all, but embrace it...you know what they say, many are denied the opportunity to grow old. :sentimental:
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Well said and I agree 100%
 
At 73 the only regret I have is not having enough money to do everything I've done through life 10 times over! Mistakes & all!!!!!:coolthumb:

Pity we only get one go at life!!!!!
 
Paul:
I feel great about being a sen-ager.
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Love the sen-ager..great term.

I can't say it better than SeaBreeze, but then she usually is the voice of reason. Who doesn't have regrets and over the top happy moments in life... generally moving forward, not backward is my goal.

Throughout life there are many life altering twists and turns that define us and ultimately made us who we are now. Any deviation from these events that happened would certainly have made us a different person than we are today.
 
I'm quite content at 76. I can remember sitting in school thinking that I will probably never see the turn of the century. I mean after all I will be 63 years old. Well that came and gone. One thing for sure....I'll never see the next turn of the century.
 
Is it only those of us who have come to terms with being 'senagers' who comment on forums? We all seem to be making far more sense than is heard in general conversation from many 'oldies.' Too many are so intent on hanging onto to past glories and regrets that they forget to really live what's left of their time.

Accepting and filing away our history is the best way to make room for more of it.
Chucking out the old busted dreams and replacing them with new achievable ones does wonders for the contentment levels too.

"I'm forgiving everything that forgiveness will allow.
And there's nuthin' I can do about it now."


I only got 'smart' about the world when I stopped trying to stay the same as I'd been and accepted what I am now, and I'm 'free at last'.
Senagers roooool!
 
Sen-agers, boy is that ever me and the mister. I think people who never had kids don't really ever grow up themselves, we never had to go through all those years with children to worry about and only had to worry about taking care of ourselves.

I never lament over the past, did I make the right decisions, because you can't change a thing you did or didn't do.

I have to concentrate on today and my future that is yet to be written.
 
Somehow I look at "sen-ager" a little bit different.
At 76 and being the guardian of a 15 yeas old female,I think this term applies,somehow, to me but in a whole lot different way.

:)
 
SeaBreeze said:
I think when we look back on things that we don't feel good about, we should forgive ourselves and concentrate on the positive. We shouldn't dwell on the past however, we should live with enthusiasm in the present and look forward to a bright future. We shouldn't regret old age at all, but embrace it...you know what they say, many are denied the opportunity to grow old. :sentimental:
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You are so right! I love all your posts too.
 

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