We're Too Old for Foolish Regrets
Too Old for This Sh*t: How to Take Your Life Back from an Ageist Society
An online friend says it as clearly as it can be said
has followed me for some time. He’s a fellow gym rat from down in Florida, in fact right next to my home town. Over the years he’s battled the big C and more, and has always come back. This morning he sent me a note that was so profound that I had to share it: …Time is precious, indeed. A friend of mine checked out last week after fighting Alzheimer’s for so long he was practically comatose before he passed. It wasn’t that long ago he and I made plans to “do” a leg of the Appalachian trail. We let our jobs and other “priorities” always interfere. I’ll be 74 in September. Life is short, but it doesn’t need to be poisoned with foolish regrets. (author bolded)
You and I can spend our time on line. We can spend our time with our eyeballs and brains sucked out by social media. We can get angry and bitter and resentful about life, all manipulated by people with an agenda.
Or we can choose life.
Jay will be 74 shortly, I will be 72 in January. We are running out of time to do the things we want to do. We can let other priorities interfere, or we can bloody well MAKE time for what matters.
What matters to you? Are you making time or pushing those priorities out farther and farther?
Someday the waters will take us home. Let’s ride down that river with a smile on our face, happy for a full life, well-lived.
Do what matters now. Put dates on your bucket list items. Stop procrastinating. You are not promised the next moment, not even. Not even the next second.
One texting driver can take everything away.
Do it Now. Stop putting off what you say matters until…..for someday there will be no time left at all.
With heartfelt thanks to Jay for the reminder.
Let’s play.
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I am in a time of transition. A measure of ease has entered my life and while I still work, I can work from anywhere with a sufficient WiFi signal and a few hours of privacy a couple of days a week. This coming after decades of being a caregiver while simultaneously working full time or more when I had multiple jobs is uncharted territory. This is the reminder I needed. Even if it is short road trips exploring places I have never been, staying stagnant in my typical chaotic mess is not healthy. I AM too old for this sh*t and adding more regrets to the list. This is exactly what I needed to read first thing after logging in this morning.Thank you!
Right on!! I'm 81 and still going. Now, instead of jogging, it's walking, Now, i carry a camera and get photos I volunteer in a botanical garden. I sing in a choir.
I'm continuing to live my life. My older sister is the ame way.