RETIREMENT (44)

Jul 22, 2010 6:04 AM CST RETIREMENT
GenuineMale
GenuineMaleGenuineMaleAlicante, Valencia Spain5 Threads 1 Polls 140 Posts
Retirement.

I would never trade my friends, my wonderful life, and my loving family for less grey hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie; I am entitled to a treat, to be extravagant. 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 and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 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 grey 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. 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).

We all have so much to look forward to at whatever stage of life we are at.
Jul 22, 2010 6:52 AM CST RETIREMENT
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
GenuineMale: Retirement.

I would never trade my friends, my wonderful life, and my loving family for less grey hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie; I am entitled to a treat, to be extravagant. 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 and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 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 grey 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. 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).

We all have so much to look forward to at whatever stage of life we are at.
Very nicely written fella..thumbs up

Ja, you summed it up. Me, I am just grateful for being healthy, being more-or-less sane (most of the time anyway), being fit to walk and enjoy the beautiful scenery here in Switzerland ...... to live in a safe and secure environment ..... And grateful for each beautiful day whatever weather it brings!

Of course, I have this really lousy mirror that refuses to reflect my true beauty, and keeps lying to me ......grin
Jul 22, 2010 6:58 AM CST RETIREMENT
GenuineMale
GenuineMaleGenuineMaleAlicante, Valencia Spain5 Threads 1 Polls 140 Posts
Of course, I have this really lousy mirror that refuses to reflect my true beauty, and keeps lying to me ......




I feel certain you mentioned you have a hammer somewhere hidden under some nice tasty mushrooms, use it.
Jul 22, 2010 7:12 AM CST RETIREMENT
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
Because then I would be depriving all who love me, my incredible personality, devastating good looks, charming manners, etc etc .... of the company they so enjoy.

However, if you pop into any hardware store you will find a vast array of comfortable hammers with which to inflict a kindness on those who have had to endure close encounters with yourself.

Now ...If you find the cost of the above said instrument too much to bare ....... may the road rise up and meet the wheelies of your camper .... Or the axles descend to meet the mudslide ..... Or the ignition not fail to connect with the gas tank....
Jul 22, 2010 8:29 AM CST RETIREMENT
GenuineMale
GenuineMaleGenuineMaleAlicante, Valencia Spain5 Threads 1 Polls 140 Posts
smoky: Because then I would be depriving all who love me, my incredible personality, devastating good looks, charming manners, etc etc .... of the company they so enjoy.

However, if you pop into any hardware store you will find a vast array of comfortable hammers with which to inflict a kindness on those who have had to endure close encounters with yourself.

Now ...If you find the cost of the above said instrument too much to bare ....... may the road rise up and meet the wheelies of your camper .... Or the axles descend to meet the mudslide ..... Or the ignition not fail to connect with the gas tank....



Smoky, I meant use the hammer on the mirror you silly little girl. You are too lovely to demolish, we would miss you too much and we want you to have a long happy life still. did I not already say that in another thread. cheers
Jul 22, 2010 8:30 AM CST RETIREMENT
mariola
mariolamariolajalon, Valencia Spain25 Threads 1 Polls 1,135 Posts
GenuineMale: Retirement.

I would never trade my friends, my wonderful life, and my loving family for less grey hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie; I am entitled to a treat, to be extravagant. 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 and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 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 grey 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. 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).

We all have so much to look forward to at whatever stage of life we are at.


That is a lovely verse..,,,,,I had it sent to me recently in an e mail.
Jul 22, 2010 10:17 AM CST RETIREMENT
GenuineMale
GenuineMaleGenuineMaleAlicante, Valencia Spain5 Threads 1 Polls 140 Posts
mariola: That is a lovely verse..,,,,,I had it sent to me recently in an e mail.



Mariola we have the same friends!

I also received it per e-mail and found it so lovely, going to print it out on nice coloured paper and frame it and hang it up so I can see it every day.
Jul 22, 2010 10:18 AM CST RETIREMENT
mariola
mariolamariolajalon, Valencia Spain25 Threads 1 Polls 1,135 Posts
GenuineMale: Mariola we have the same friends!

I also received it per e-mail and found it so lovely, going to print it out on nice coloured paper and frame it and hang it up so I can see it every day.




rolling on the floor laughing I VERY MUCH doubt it rolling on the floor laughing
Jul 22, 2010 10:30 AM CST RETIREMENT
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
mariola: That is a lovely verse..,,,,,I had it sent to me recently in an e mail.
crying Ahhhhhhhhh ... and here was me thinking it was an Original ....... straight out of the heart of old Leather Wallet himself!grin
Jul 22, 2010 10:34 AM CST RETIREMENT
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
GenuineMale: Smoky, I meant use the hammer on the mirror you silly little girl. You are too lovely to demolish, we would miss you too much and we want you to have a long happy life still. did I not already say that in another thread.
Oh and here was me thinking you meant I should go and conk myself on the head with the hammer........ and you meant destroy the mirror!batting Okay, I going to destroy the mirror, and live rather with my illusions of youth and beauty! No more looking at myself in plate glass windows in town either!
Jul 22, 2010 11:20 AM CST RETIREMENT
GenuineMale: Retirement.

I would never trade my friends, my wonderful life, and my loving family for less grey hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie; I am entitled to a treat, to be extravagant. 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 and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 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 grey 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. 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).

We all have so much to look forward to at whatever stage of life we are at.





Old Age, I decided, is a gift


Source Source Source!scold
Jul 22, 2010 11:31 AM CST RETIREMENT
Phoenix
PhoenixPhoenixSarkoville, Ile-de-France France110 Threads 32 Polls 2,591 Posts
smoky: Ahhhhhhhhh ... and here was me thinking it was an Original ....... straight out of the heart of old Leather Wallet himself!


The only thing original here is me...--->grin
Jul 22, 2010 11:34 AM CST RETIREMENT
GenuineMale
GenuineMaleGenuineMaleAlicante, Valencia Spain5 Threads 1 Polls 140 Posts
smoky: Oh and here was me thinking you meant I should go and conk myself on the head with the hammer........ and you meant destroy the mirror! Okay, I going to destroy the mirror, and live rather with my illusions of youth and beauty! No more looking at myself in plate glass windows in town either!


Take the hammer with you when you go window shopping. At least the rest of your family will know where you are, they will just follow the glass.rolling on the floor laughing
Jul 22, 2010 11:41 AM CST RETIREMENT
GenuineMale
GenuineMaleGenuineMaleAlicante, Valencia Spain5 Threads 1 Polls 140 Posts
smoky: Ahhhhhhhhh ... and here was me thinking it was an Original ....... straight out of the heart of old Leather Wallet himself!


LEATHER Wallet? Have you seen the price of leather here in Spain? I have used old socks for years now and there is nothing wrong with that method. I colour code, red for Euros, green for 50 cent pieces and so on. Shopkeepers are amazed, it never fails and they call their colleagues over and they all laugh and roll around the floor as they obviously feel it is a wonderful idea and why has nobody else thought of it before.

Naturally I short change them as they have so many tears in their eyes they are not able to carry out their job function at all.

It is all just life experience and the need to survive.

My yellow sock is due to be replaced, has anyone got one that they are throwing out?
Jul 22, 2010 11:43 AM CST RETIREMENT
smoky
smokysmokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 Posts
Phoenix: The only thing original here is me...--->
... and MEdevil pointing
Jul 22, 2010 11:45 AM CST RETIREMENT
taff1
taff1taff1Malta, Majjistral Malta18 Threads 1,592 Posts
GenuineMale: Retirement.

I would never trade my friends, my wonderful life, and my loving family for less grey hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie; I am entitled to a treat, to be extravagant. 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 and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 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 grey 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. 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).

We all have so much to look forward to at whatever stage of life we are at.


Can't believe you tried to dupe people like that, as if you truly wrote it!!! I will negate you always, you disgust me!!! Why would you be such a moron and misdirect people like that?? SICK SICK PUPPY!!!
Jul 22, 2010 11:46 AM CST RETIREMENT
taff1
taff1taff1Malta, Majjistral Malta18 Threads 1,592 Posts
Go find somewhere else man, and soon!!!
Jul 22, 2010 11:48 AM CST RETIREMENT
mariola
mariolamariolajalon, Valencia Spain25 Threads 1 Polls 1,135 Posts
taff1: Can't believe you tried to dupe people like that, as if you truly wrote it!!! I will negate you always, you disgust me!!! Why would you be such a moron and misdirect people like that?? SICK SICK PUPPY!!!


I would have said something simular but I have to be nice to GM from today on....... I always try to be nice to people.

So used another method to expose him for the GenuineMale that he is.
Jul 22, 2010 11:51 AM CST RETIREMENT
Phoenix
PhoenixPhoenixSarkoville, Ile-de-France France110 Threads 32 Polls 2,591 Posts
smoky: ... and MEdevil pointing (<--smoky)


I'll give you that...You're a one too...(folk's us one off's are a dying breed)
Jul 22, 2010 11:55 AM CST RETIREMENT
Phoenix
PhoenixPhoenixSarkoville, Ile-de-France France110 Threads 32 Polls 2,591 Posts
mariola: I would have said something simular but I have to be nice to GM from today on....... I always try to be nice to people.

So used another method to expose him for the GenuineMale that he is.


What like croppy putting pen to paper and coming up with a book.

Croppy,

What have you wrote (PM me and I'll check it out)
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