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    George Carlin on age (at 102).

    George Carlin's Views on Ageing

    Do you realise 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 ageing 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 80's 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.
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    Ain't that the truth as long as you keep waking up in the morning you have got it cracked....jacob
    What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
    Ralph Waide Emmerson

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    • #3
      Oh ain't that all the truth!
      Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

      www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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      • #4
        A friend of mine tends to claim to be '21 and a few months'. It's actually quite a LOT of months as he is over 75 now<g>
        Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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        • #5
          Very well said George Carlin and thank you for posting it Nicos.

          From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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          • #6
            Wheres Seahorse?

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            • #7
              Me I'm 59 & 362. 365ths
              The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
              Brian Clough

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              • #8
                Originally posted by pigletwillie View Post
                Wheres Seahorse?
                Plotting your untimely demise!
                Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by bubblewrap View Post
                  Me I'm 59 & 362. 365ths
                  ...and how old are you today BW?????
                  "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                  Location....Normandy France

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                  • #10
                    Thanks, I enjoyed that.
                    the kids asked me how old I was this morning, I had to think for a moment before I realized I was 35! But who cares, it IS only a number!
                    Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

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                    • #11
                      When the children at school ask me how old i am, i say i am as young as them on the inside, and older than i feel on the outside!
                      When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~Author Unknown

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                      • #12
                        thats me that me that is! living life to the full at long last!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by squashysu View Post
                          thats me that me that is! living life to the full at long last!
                          Been on the booze love?
                          the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

                          Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by pigletwillie View Post
                            Wheres Seahorse?
                            Sitting on you, in a minute, if you don't pack it in

                            I'm only 21 and 232 months, anyway!
                            I was feeling part of the scenery
                            I walked right out of the machinery
                            My heart going boom boom boom
                            "Hey" he said "Grab your things
                            I've come to take you home."

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Seahorse View Post
                              Sitting on you, in a minute, if you don't pack it in
                              Now that would have been fun before Christmas, but as you ate all of those chololate oranges at 3 for £4 over the holidays, it might be a tad frightening now.

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