"The Arc of Life, the Art of Life"

We all want to look back on our lives and say that we’ve had a good run, a good “go at it”.
*Has my allotted time been squandered needlessly on meretricious empty things?
*Have I read enough great books?
*Have I saved enough damsels in distress?

Reportedly, Robert Kennedy listened to Shakespeare recordings while shaving. Now, that’s creative time usage non pareil.

Analyzing the stewardship of our paltry finite time raises such questions as :
*Did I make the right career or job choice?
*Did I eat the right foods and use alcohol in a judicious manner?
*Did I cherish my friends & family ?
*Did I rail against injustice when I saw it?
*Did I take the time to view spectacular sunrises & sunsets?
*Did I have the courage to take chances?

These are but a few of the things to ponder as you examine your life and take stock of who you are. Simple math tells me that at age 58, if I take half of my age 29, and add it to 58…that leaves me with the astonishing number of 87. WHOA..NELLY} Do they, whoever they are, still say that? Are they the same guys who relentlessly chased Butch & Sundance {Newman & Redford}…as in “Who are those guys”? Maybe those guys are time itself.I am {we all are} inexorably marching towards our expiration date at breakneck speed and with rather used body parts. The elusive life well-lived continues to shadow & mock me.So I will valiantly strive to live my life via Shakespeare’s lofty line, “Though this be madness, yet there is method in it”. Or like Kerouac’s quote in “On the Road”

"But then they danced down the street like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”