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Seventy Years Too Late There is a benefit from being old..That younger people should try...But is almost always forced upon older people. Most people live with negativity in the moment and positivity based on hope and expectations that will occur tomorrow. We envision what's negative about today, that we can do something to make it better tomorrow. But tomorrows become todays, and "better" is a wheel that turns and goes nowhere, until it's right back where it started. Expectations from our tomorrows can't be dismissed The change in scenery, the change in the weather, that new job, promotion, or career, the check that's in the mail or 'payday", a vacation, a party, an event, being with friends, better relationships, and LOVE. For most of us these are necessary motivating factors. Yet we "live"in the moment of today...and even after all the consideration of tomorrows and it's impact. The most positive way to live is to try and make TODAY the best it possibly can be. Wake up and "live" for today. That's my New's Years resolution. Seventy years too late. |
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Retirement is a learning experience. I fell into the trap of putting off, what I didn't want to do today, for tomorrow. But tomorrows sometimes don't come.. and today becomes a waste of time Doing somethings is almost always better than doing nothing..even if it's something you don't want to do. Time is short...so don't "short" your time.
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Good advice, jiminy~~ Our old shoulders may droop a bit, but living in the moment brings great satisfaction. Exactly.... "Doing something is almost always better than doing nothing!"
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I think I am satisfied with most of my life. To finish the remainder with Hawkslayer (Alfie) is perfect!
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1/2/2022 10:51 am |
Wonderful Blog Jiminy and I agree with all that you said. Sadly I learned that in my later life but I am much happier now that I did. I live in the now and I accept what is and let go of what was and have faith in what will be. Creative Ideas.
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Regrets are tough.. My thought is regrets, that we think we understand, are a continuation of our life learning experience. 20/20 hindsight or wanting to change the results is not really a regret. It's an acceptance or an unacceptance. In truth the real regrets we should have are about things we don't have a clue about. Regrets because we didn't understand....Choices we could have had but never thought we had. It's like....I "Regret" not knowing that.
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Well said, I may read it a few times. Maybe, just maybe, something will stick Thank you
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The word "regret" means to weep again.....to grieve a past experience.....Regret is the very antithesis of living in the moment.....I was fortunate in my life.....I faced adventure head on and had deep, satisfying experiences ......I took wild chances that make for satisfying memories and brighten my old age........so far so good.....
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The word "regret" means to weep again.....to grieve a past experience.....Regret is the very antithesis of living in the moment.....I was fortunate in my life.....I faced adventure head on and had deep, satisfying experiences ......I took wild chances that make for satisfying memories and brighten my old age........so far so good.....
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I have to agree with you here. From time to time I get wrapped up in the regret circle of chaos and the truth is I've had a really full life. I've done a lot and been a lot of places. I've learned so much and been to places few will ever see. When I was in my 20's I joined the Navy for the expressed purpose of using my willingness to volunteer to get to Antarctica. I wanted to be a part of 'Operation Deep Freeze', wintering over down there for 6 months. I didn't get to do it, but, they did send me to the Aleutian Islands, 1100 miles from Anchorage. It was way, way out there. It literally felt like the end of the world, as far away from the world I knew as I could get. I loved, loved, loved it. It was perfect for me. Adventures just kept coming and coming through most of my life. Later in life I took one business trip where I was in Iceland and in Bermuda in the same week. It's hard to pack a suitcase for a trip like that. Satisfying memories is an important thing to say. It makes me appreciate my own good fortune all the more, and to process feelings of regret differently than I sometimes do. I really shouldn't whine at all. Except for one thing I'll never get over. I got lucky once and got a foul ball at a Major League Baseball game. I had it in the trunk of my car. A friend and I were up in the mountains in Colorado and stopped by mountain stream. He talked me into playing catch. I remember telling him, you better catch it because I don't want to lose it. I can still see that ball floating down the stream!!!! I bet someone found that ball, and they'll never know how much I've missed it. LOL
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Very good blog Jiminy, thanks for sharing.  Regrets I have few but way too few to dwell on and cry over . All in all I have lived a very contented and happy life. Sending good wishes for 2022.
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If your biggest regret is a lost baseball, you're doing pretty good....You still have inside you, what that baseball represented to you.....perhaps if you created a new symbol ....gathered the memories and placed them in a journal or a small pouch......a medicine bag.....recall the exact emotions and physical sensations and thoughts of the moment you caught the ball....... He lost the ball not the memory... he lost a ball, nothing more and nothing less. a memory occurs at a point in time.. It can't be lost, just forgotten... a memory is not a regret.. for most of us.. regrets can only be found in forgotten memories.
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