Aging

[Mac_Attack]

George Carlin (Absolutely Brilliant)



George Carlin's View on Aging

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50

And your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90's, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them!"

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer' s.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9 Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

And if you don't send this to at least 8 people - who cares?
But do share this with someone.
We all need to live life to its fullest each day!!

Have a wonderfu l day!!!!!!!

[reelapeelin]

A young man talks about what great sex he had last night...

A middle-aged man talks about the great dinner he had last night...

An old man talks about what a good dump he took this morning...

[Mac_Attack]

Yes Rap that is called aging. ;)

[reelapeelin]

Mac, from here on out, every day above ground is a GOOD day ;) ;D ;D ...

[willy]

In the past three months I have gone to three funerals for famialy connected, non blood related, people we cared for a great deal. Ranged in age from 36 (cancer) to 76 ( heart).
During the past 8 months I have had two young close friends die, one 46 ( heart) the other cancer. My close friend and brother in law just turned sixty and spent the past two years successfully fighting liver/colon cancer.
The way I see it now is every day is great, I don't care if I'm sitting watching the raindrops fall and reading a good book, bouncing the CFO on my lap or casting a line into some water it is all good and I don't let anyone bring me down. I will deal with the problem but it will not keep me from enjoying this thing called Bill in this space and time I occupy. Period. Because it will be gone in a double d@mn hurry and when you least expect it. So if you wanted to do it in your lifetime GO AND DO IT

[LESTERUS]

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY: "BETTER BE ABOVE THE HILL THAN UNDER IT"

[reelapeelin]

GO AND DO IT, huh??...well see ya when I get back...I'm fixin' ta run down to Ocean Isle and throw myself at the girl the Weather Channel has down there...Hotchie-Mama!! 8) ...

[willy]

Run Forest Run ;D