Moving toward the autum of life (or late summer) I am realizing things wishing I did years before. Being forced to change my lifestyle because of a change of occupation and income things become apparant. How much time and money have I wasted over the years? Hate to add it up. This is not a video game. Game over, no reset. What is done is done and therefore behind us.
As time goes on your ability to recover from injury or mistakes lessens. Ever fall and take a long time to feel better? This is the way it goes. I have pains in places that I didn't even know I had places. This is getting old. I find it funny though that the young people that I work with are always complaing about hurting or being tired. I say "wait till you get older and see how you feel".
The structure of life has changed a bit in the last thirty years. And changed from the thirty years before that. But the core has remained the same. Being pragmatic is tantamont to being politically incorrect. Being practical is not the norm. What's up with this? We are deemed by the government as consummers. That makes me feel like some kind of livestock. But livestock in a nice pen! We as a nation have a pretty good life. In the middle ages, did kings and queens have running water, heat, air, bathrooms?
I used to spend a lot of money on clothes, cars, motorcycles, housing, eating out, running around, golf, hobbies, bars, girls, friends, tobacco, booze, and other stuff. It is gone now. Water under the bridge. How much do you spend now?
One reason I spent so much money was that I wanted to be a part af the picture. There was something that I was missing. I did not want to miss out. There is something going on that I want to be part of it. You do things for people. They do things for them. That is how it works. Right. How many times has someone done something for you that you did not realize? How many times have you done "somethng" for someone and you didn't ever get a responce?
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