When I grow up I want to be a...............

[rbtvgo]

I was wondering how your faith has played into your choices? I became very involved in a church. I wanted to be the oldest person. For 20 years that's the way it's been. It is not at all what I thought it would be.

interesting question. I suppose that all or most of my life God has been there. Didn't know why, just knew. As I think about it, and you are making me think about it.
I would have to say that God always had my back. Makes me smile when I think about it now. Didn't know him then as I do now, but he knew me. Don't know if this makes any sense but he is always there and I know it. No matter what life throws my way. No matter what I do, God is there and he tells me whether I am wrong or right. I go from there.
I often think about what I wanted my life to be and what it is and then I realize that God has me where he wants me. Go figure. Just gives me contentment in knowing. Could I have done more? Could I have reached further? I am where God wants me. I can sleep at night understanding that.

 

[rbtvgo]

I wanted to be an industrial chemist. We had a fantastic chemistry teacher at school, but he suffered from ill health and retired early leaving us with a selection of temporary teachers. My interest switched to my second choice, electronics, and I studied electrical and electronic engineering at uni. To my dismay, this involved a vast amount of maths which I struggled with. It was many years later that I started to see a sort of 'beauty' in maths.

After a couple of years working in the atomic physics research department of the Uni, I got a job with IBM, initially as an engineer and later as a software developer.

Oh, sod all that - I really wanted to be rich, but I never made it past the 'comfortable' stage.

no doubt you have as much money as you need. your comfortable, that's good.

 

[rbtvgo]

no doubt you have as much money as you need. your comfortable, that's good.

no I do not have enough to make me comfortable. May surprise you but no. I am not comfortable. I am not without apprehension about tomorrow. Are you surprised? Believe me. I understand your question and think I know where you are coming from. I think, I don't know.

 

[timoc]

When I grow up I want to be.......​

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Handsome​

Rich​

Totally irresponsible​

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Well, I always seemed to crack mirrors, money always evaded me, so 1 out of 3 isn't bad is it? ​

 

[TeePee]

I always wanted to grow up and be a wife and mother. I know it sounds kind of old fashioned.
Well...I was only mother to 4 legged critters and didn't marry until I was 66 yrs old. I guess my wishes kind of came true.

 

[rbtvgo]

I always wanted to grow up and be a wife and mother. I know it sounds kind of old fashioned.
Well...I was only mother to 4 legged critters and didn't marry until I was 66 yrs old. I guess my wishes kind of came true.

No it doesn't sound old fashion. Are you happy now? That is really all that matters. Happy for the rest of your life is not 5,10, 20 years like the fairy tales proclaim. It is just that you are Happy and that is good. Happy isn't always, it isn't forever it just is something or a time in our lives when things were just really good.
Those times need to be embraced and remembered if they have past. Life is hard for all of us. The fairy Tales and love movies will always inspire people because that is what we all desire but don't have. That is why we watch them. Be grateful if you have love. Maybe not the way you wanted but someone loves you.
Just think about it. Social media tends to distort everything. Happy pictures don't convey reality. They convey what people want you to see about them. Maybe that life is good or maybe that i wish we were like this all the time.. Getting deep here so I will back off.
If you are happy.....now, than good. Past is gone,, move on.
bob

 

[TeePee]

No it doesn't sound old fashion. Are you happy now? That is really all that matters. Happy for the rest of your life is not 5,10, 20 years like the fairy tales proclaim. It is just that you are Happy and that is good. Happy isn't always, it isn't forever it just is something or a time in our lives when things were just really good.
Those times need to be embraced and remembered if they have past. Life is hard for all of us. The fairy Tales and love movies will always inspire people because that is what we all desire but don't have. That is why we watch them. Be grateful if you have love. Maybe not the way you wanted but someone loves you.
Just think about it. Social media tends to distort everything. Happy pictures don't convey reality. They convey what people want you to see about them. Maybe that life is good or maybe that i wish we were like this all the time.. Getting deep here so I will back off.
If you are happy.....now, than good. Past is gone,, move on.
bob

Good advice. You are so right!

 

[horseless carriage]

In eleven days time on 27th September, it will be exactly 200 years since the first steam powered train ran. I have just been watching a television program about railway history called The Day That Changed The World. When I was a small boy I thought that driving trains would be fun, but seeing how filthy the job really is soon changed my mind. I wouldn't mind being head honcho though, that would be some trainset to play with!