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Old 12-25-2012, 9:58am   #1
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As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or play, on the computer, until 4 AM, or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 50, 60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love, I will.

I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves, with abandon, if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And, I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But, broken hearts are what give us strength, and understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken, is pristine, and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become.. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).
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Old 12-25-2012, 11:03am   #2
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What are you 28 or something?
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No, he's just fat.

Didn't you read the original post?
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Apparently I'm just not old enough yet......I worry entirely too much about what others think of me - focus only on trying not to f' up and to keep people happy with me. Cannot yet realize what it is that makes me happy, but long to find it.
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Apparently I'm just not old enough yet......I worry entirely too much about what others think of me - focus only on trying not to f' up and to keep people happy with me. Cannot yet realize what it is that makes me happy, but long to find it.
I learned a long time ago that it's impossible to make everyone happy and like you. I got tired of trying to make everyone else happy and myself miserable in the process.

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"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than be loved for who I'm not."

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Old 12-25-2012, 9:46pm   #10
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This is the best thing i have read today !
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I learned a long time ago that it's impossible to make everyone happy and like you. I got tired of trying to make everyone else happy and myself miserable in the process.

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"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than be loved for who I'm not."

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Johnnie, Donnie, or Ronnie?
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I learned a long time ago that it's impossible to make everyone happy and like you. I got tired of trying to make everyone else happy and myself miserable in the process.

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You have become a wise man as well NCC-1701.
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I like his perspective!!
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You have become a wise man as well NCC-1701.
In some things yes and in some things no unfortunately...
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Did you actually pen that, or cut and paste it?

Interesting perspectives that I find myself living by more and more.
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Interesting perspectives that I find myself living by more and more.


Cut and paste...
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Old 12-26-2012, 5:44pm   #19
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I got ten bucks that says the author does not have arthritis.
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damn, just when i thought we had a smart one within our midst
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