Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9

[Myrtle]

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You sound like a sad & lonely person with a chip on your shoulder.

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? Who me or Kilgore?

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Kilgore

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Care to share with us the reason you feel this way?

Don't take my question above as a challenge, as I'm not looking to get into a beef with you about it, but I take away the opposite sentiments from his post, and I'd really like to hear why you feel as you do.

I'll be 61 soon, and every day I seem to encounter more instances that support the old saying.....

.....Youth is wasted on the young.

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Bitterness and regret are wasted on the old.

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Did you ever think that what you see as "bitterness & regret" in my post might not be that at all?

Trying to explain this is somewhat like expecting someone who is proficient in algebra to fully understand quantum physics without the training.

Let me try to be a bit more clear.......

The more that I have learned as I've made my way through this world, it has become clearer to me that the less I know.

Acknowledging reality and the disappointments that come with it is not bitterness.....It is clarity.

What one does with that clarity is an entirely different story.

One of the true sorrow in life is NOT learning from one's mistakes, as we are bound to continue to repeat them.

I have learned at least one great lesson, courtesy of my wonderful wife......

...Life is about making memories.

Think about it....then talk to me.

[Blarg]

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You sound like a sad & lonely person with a chip on your shoulder.

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? Who me or Kilgore?

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Kilgore

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Care to share with us the reason you feel this way?

Don't take my question above as a challenge, as I'm not looking to get into a beef with you about it, but I take away the opposite sentiments from his post, and I'd really like to hear why you feel as you do.

I'll be 61 soon, and every day I seem to encounter more instances that support the old saying.....

.....Youth is wasted on the young.

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Bitterness and regret are wasted on the old.

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Did you ever think that what you see as "bitterness & regret" in my post might not be that at all?

Trying to explain this is somewhat like expecting someone who is proficient in algebra to fully understand quantum physics without the training.

Let me try to be a bit more clear.......

The more that I have learned as I've made my way through this world, it has become clearer to me that the less I know.

Acknowledging reality and the disappointments that come with it is not bitterness.....It is clarity.

What one does with that clarity is an entirely different story.

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This is very good.

Seeing the limitations in things, including yourself, doesn't mean you're mandating them or ruling out possibilities. It's just means that you're starting to make sense and have a more coherent worldview. You may draw the lines of the possible further out or closer in, but realizing their existence and importance is foundational, not a surrender. It gives you a platform from which you can choose better goals and make a better, less trivial life. And maybe not just for yourself alone.