Sunday, December 13, 2015

a fresh perspective

Today is my birthday and it's been a lovely day.  I'm now 71 and I'm ok with that but I admit I was feeling a little "old" when I went off to church this morning. During the course of the morning I had the opportunity to speak with two different women, one of whom I know better than the other.  It came up in the conversations that each of them is 95 (one shares my birthday and just turned 95 today). Each of these women is a bright,.articulate individual and very interesting to talk with. I was amazed they are both 95 and still going strong.  Then I realized that I too could, conceivably, live to be 95.  Wow, what if I did? That's 24 more years. That's time to start a whole new career.  I have no inclination to go back to teaching, banking or real estate, or anything else that would require me to get up early in the morning or leave my home when I don't want to. What to do, what to do?  I shall have to give this some thought, later. There's no rush.

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