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growing old...
If it isn't one thing... it's another...
at least most of my parts are still functional
and I'm presentable in public.
I expect we all become more frail with age...
Not unlike an automobile, we depreciate,
becoming all the more valuable, especially if we have been maintained.
at least most of my parts are still functional
and I'm presentable in public.
I expect we all become more frail with age...
Not unlike an automobile, we depreciate,
becoming all the more valuable, especially if we have been maintained.
Published 25th Sep 2018
Author's Note
This piece inspired by Dartford's "hardening of one's atreries"
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25th Sep 2018 2:58pm
Very interesting view on the effects of time and the possibilities that it presents to our choices of intervention
within its processes.
I liked it a lot!
within its processes.
I liked it a lot!
1st Nov 2018 4:58am
I'm honored, Tak...
to have such accolades from you...
I am pleased no end
to have pricked the ears of your inner poet. Ely
to have such accolades from you...
I am pleased no end
to have pricked the ears of your inner poet. Ely
25th Sep 2018 3:14pm
Sweet Ely❤️
I have these feelings to some degree dear heart. In fact it’s not so much the physical part of old age, as much as knowing your nearing the treashhold of death at such an accelerated rate. Sometimes it consumes me, it’s awful.
Anyway, this’s is a very interesting write you have here .
Hugggsss
Love Jackie xxx
I have these feelings to some degree dear heart. In fact it’s not so much the physical part of old age, as much as knowing your nearing the treashhold of death at such an accelerated rate. Sometimes it consumes me, it’s awful.
Anyway, this’s is a very interesting write you have here .
Hugggsss
Love Jackie xxx
25th Sep 2018 4:24pm
Thanks, Jackie... I am doing my best to avoid undue acceleration... that's why I go to the gym three days a week.
I figure we all gotta go sometime... so... why worry when? That just cuts into the enjoyment of what's around you and gets your blood pressure up...
It's like having a test in school... fer Crissake don't WORRY!! You either know the material... or you don't. That won't change before test time and worry fucks with your head, so stop worrying. you will either pass or fail. Worry will not help you pass. hugs, Ely
I figure we all gotta go sometime... so... why worry when? That just cuts into the enjoyment of what's around you and gets your blood pressure up...
It's like having a test in school... fer Crissake don't WORRY!! You either know the material... or you don't. That won't change before test time and worry fucks with your head, so stop worrying. you will either pass or fail. Worry will not help you pass. hugs, Ely
25th Sep 2018 4:15pm
Well maintained and presentable you are indeed Ely. You are doing good....but I know what you mean. It is creeping in slowly and then suddenly you notice. From there it's like doing ones best under the given circumstances.
25th Sep 2018 8:22pm
Boy... you nailed that one Ange... it creeps up on you alright... sneaky bugger that it is. Thanks for dropping in. Ely
25th Sep 2018 10:50pm
I go on my rowing machine everyday and have watched my 'personal best' go down and down for the last 15 years. But when I compete within my own age-group I do o.k and feel better. The later years though don't half go fast, don't they just?
26th Sep 2018 3:45am
Hey, Josh...
maybe we just don't remember
but half the things we did ... and
that's how come we're so exhausted
after doing next to nothing
the day before... Ely
maybe we just don't remember
but half the things we did ... and
that's how come we're so exhausted
after doing next to nothing
the day before... Ely
