Growing Older

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Growing Older

Post by the mingo » August 16th, 2015, 10:14 am

i'm just
growing older
& thank God for that
because if i wasn't
i'd be dead
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: Growing Older

Post by saw » August 16th, 2015, 10:52 am

perspective is everything
in fact it is reality
wisdom is not whining
about either one.... 8)
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading

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Re: Growing Older

Post by Doreen Peri » August 16th, 2015, 11:16 am

I think about this every day. Being alive is better than the alternative, so they say, whoever "they" are. But how do they know? Sometimes I think I already died and went to heaven. Other times I think I already died and went to hell. Ah well.. life is what you make it, I guess. I love life. Always an adventure. Thanks for your poem.

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Re: Growing Older

Post by WIREMAN » August 16th, 2015, 11:57 am

I used to think doing what I've been doing (being a rodbuster) kept me feeling young, probably psychologically 8) and it did, but the reality is what the reality is.....time marches on, retirements a dream, I'll most likely work until they cart me away.....
me I feel like I'm becoming some kinda Kung fu t.v. Priest.....

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Re: Growing Older

Post by revolutionR » August 16th, 2015, 12:29 pm

William Burroughs said...."hell yes I'm old"

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Re: Growing Older

Post by the mingo » August 16th, 2015, 8:42 pm

saw, I'm content enough to leave wisdom to the wise. As for whining my heart ain't much in it these days, takes too much energy - 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: Growing Older

Post by the mingo » August 16th, 2015, 8:46 pm

Thank you, doreen - I love life too & I don't know about the rest - the days come & go, someday i will too - 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: Growing Older

Post by the mingo » August 16th, 2015, 8:52 pm

Wireman - I "retired" two years ago but things ain't worked out - back to working now here and there, mostly for the landlord - I just take my SS add it to my wages and call it "extra" tongue-in-cheek 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: Growing Older

Post by the mingo » August 16th, 2015, 8:54 pm

revR - got to agree with that - we are in the soup & on the long haul - 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: Growing Older

Post by judih » August 16th, 2015, 11:05 pm

i am almost officially golden age! cheaper bus fare. my age doesn't seem to wave magic on the rest of things.
maybe i'm too young to notice (?)

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Re: Growing Older

Post by the mingo » August 17th, 2015, 12:33 am

judih - 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: Growing Older

Post by saw » August 17th, 2015, 10:46 am

always enjoy the simplicity of your poems, i have little skill in that area as you know ha ha
can't help being bombastic....but once in awhile I have a moment of economy that surprises me.....keep up the good work

yeah, no sense in whining, right ?.....you know what they say about spilled milk
If you do not change your direction
you may end up where you are heading

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Re: Growing Older

Post by the mingo » August 17th, 2015, 11:05 pm

Thx, saw, & you're not bombastic - enthusiastic, yes. 8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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Re: Growing Older

Post by mtmynd » August 18th, 2015, 9:58 am

I sometimes 'feel' old but I lie.

(WTF do I know how old feels?)

I sometimes 'act' old but fool myself.

(How does 'old' act?)

I turned seven-0 this year.

(old enough to act and feel however I want. is there a name for that?)
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Re: Growing Older

Post by the mingo » August 18th, 2015, 1:24 pm

Yeah there is, 3 words - Hell Yeah, Mongolia !!
8)
Doll, you may have found a place of rest but I'm still on the trail.

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