Food for Thought!

[Fly2e]

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 80s 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 90s, 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.


Dave    8)

[ozzy72]

Wise words Dave

[Hagar]

Thanks Dave. What you say is basically true which is why I decided never to grow up. I tried it once, decided it wasn't for me & went back to being a kid. I'm simply a 16 or 17 year-old boy in a 62 year-old body. One advantage of this is that I can be a permanent kid with the knowledge & wisdom of an adult. I highly recommend it.

PS. I'm none too sure about the wisdom.

[BFMF]

Already been posted

[legoalex2000]

im only 17, im wonder where 7 years of my life went!

thanks dave!

Ramos

[Katahu]

Holy cr@bb, I'm gonna be 21 in 6 days!!!!

After that, I might hit 30 in no time FLAT!

Don't worry, I have a plan. I plan to keep actng like a kid until all of you look at me all wierd one day an decide to throw me into the looney bin.

Uhh...

Oh wait, I'm already in the looney bin.

Ah well, more reason for me to act insane.

[eno]

Holy cr@bb, I'm gonna be 21 in 6 days!!!!

After that, I might hit 30 in no time FLAT!

Don't worry, I have a plan. I plan to keep actng like a kid until all of you look at me all wierd one day an decide to throw me into the looney bin.

Uhh...

Oh wait, I'm already in the looney bin.

Ah well, more reason for me to act insane.

We already look at you wierd :P:):)

[Pablo]

When I was a young, intelligent lad, I often took life much too seriously....

As time passed, I gradually realised that life is actually quite funny...

So I changed from being a sensible young lad into an older fun lad......(and probably the reason why I get into so much trouble from some of the "sensible" young lads on the Forum).

And the older I got the funnier I became...*...

And that is my recipe for a long life...

Now at the age of 71, I realise that most of my school friends, mates, etc, have died long ago...

Perhaps they were not as happy, (or as daft), as I am...

* My Children, Grandchildren, and Great-Grandchildren have now got used to me proving that my pants are on back-to-front, my shoes are on the wrong feet, pretending to expose myself in the middle of Sainsbury's Superstore, and cuddling all the lovely check-out ladies, etc, etc, etc....!
...they love it...!

It's amazing what fun you can get away with, (and not get arrested), when you are "older"...(I'm pushing my luck, mind!)...!

...and enjoying every minute of it...!

Paul ..71, going on....errr....errr.... a comical 71 year-old, eating well, and loving a good-old laugh...!

Would I want to be a sensible 16 year-old again...?
...I don't think so...LOL...!

[beefhole]

Wise words Dave.  I never really do planning on growing up myself, much to tedious.

[H]

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!!

I was told a long time ago that when you get really old you go into a 2nd childhood; thus I decided there was no sense to leave this one. ::)

...I can be a permanent kid with the knowledge & wisdom of an adult.

Adult ??? What's that... a misspelling? Maybe you meant a dolt. I don't think there's a such thing as adult -- it's just a myth .

Uhh...
Oh wait, I'm already in the looney bin.

Seems too crazy to forget! Maybe you can have a map of the site pinned to your hospital gown with an arrow: "I am here -- wherever that is."

...I never really do plan on growing up myself; much to tedious.

And, evidently vain if what our elder gents state is true. We go in enough little circles as it is.