Great read Steve and one that triggers the question: Did the pandemic cause us all to be more introspective, or is it old age/aging? My morning news feeds (thanks algorithms) are filled with lists of how to feel better about myself. While interesting, they too become mundane and boring, the same old same old.
The one thing i know about myself (and the reason i loved this read) is i am tired of being angry or resentful about crap on the internet and television. So much of it is intended to fuel the flames and create clicks and likes. How sad is that?
We all watched the pandemic take way too many people, all of which triggers me thinking (often) about how many of the guys i went to high school with and who are both long gone and some more recent. At 75 and approaching 76, the list is long.
We all tend to use the music of our time to help us relate. Your choice of the Grateful Dead reflects that 15 year age difference; i was never a dead-head guy. However my go-to-be grateful for is the old Kris Kristofferson song "Why me Lord?" It's a beauty and when i hear it, i think about how truly fortunate and blessed i have been.
Thanks for helping me be thankful. on this drop dead gorgeous day in Arizona Life is too good (and too short) to not be.
What an amazing and uplifting love letter you wrote for us today. Thank you so much. I am on a break from the cardiovascular care unit where my nearly 67 years young husband is recovering from a quadruple bypass. This is a stressful and lonely experience. With hundreds praying it’s hard to understand how I can feel lonely but there are moments. He is doing great and we know the recovery road is long, but 67 doesn’t seem so old when you come so close to thinking this could be the end. It’s been good to take a break from politics and the real world and just concentrate on Jesus’s love and healing. I am so grateful I opened your email, I will return to the unit with a new outlook on the new old us.
I like this Steve. It is so appropriate for a Sunday. I too look in the mirror every morning as I take my "wellness" pills and wonder: Who the heck is the old guy looking back at me. I also quit cursing about 30 years ago. I decided being vulgar doesn't get the point across any better.
As I've gotten older I have noticed how many of my family, friends, classmates, and even mutual friends are no longer with us. I started watching "Heaven Awaits" videos where people talk about their NDE's. The main reason I watch is remind myself of what my acceptance means for me.
I plan to quit all politics "except my votes" after November 5, 2024 because whichever way it goes America is going to have a change. I have my preference but will it matter. It does for my children but my generation caused the mess the world now finds itself. I'm far from rich but not poor, I did everything my elders taught me to do but what has happened, happened.
I absolutely hate it that every man, woman, and child has a near $300,000 debt my generation of buy now, never pay, has created. A day of reckoning is coming. Whether that is before my personal one, we'll see. I just hate that what has been created, for our children, is nothing like what I wanted.
Good thoughts, Steve. I wish you well. My favorite song changes often, but old ones remain on my playlist which is getting quite long. Currently at the top is "Need a Favor" by Jelly Roll. He did not write the lyrics, but he seems to have experienced the life.
Great read Steve and one that triggers the question: Did the pandemic cause us all to be more introspective, or is it old age/aging? My morning news feeds (thanks algorithms) are filled with lists of how to feel better about myself. While interesting, they too become mundane and boring, the same old same old.
The one thing i know about myself (and the reason i loved this read) is i am tired of being angry or resentful about crap on the internet and television. So much of it is intended to fuel the flames and create clicks and likes. How sad is that?
We all watched the pandemic take way too many people, all of which triggers me thinking (often) about how many of the guys i went to high school with and who are both long gone and some more recent. At 75 and approaching 76, the list is long.
We all tend to use the music of our time to help us relate. Your choice of the Grateful Dead reflects that 15 year age difference; i was never a dead-head guy. However my go-to-be grateful for is the old Kris Kristofferson song "Why me Lord?" It's a beauty and when i hear it, i think about how truly fortunate and blessed i have been.
Thanks for helping me be thankful. on this drop dead gorgeous day in Arizona Life is too good (and too short) to not be.
I am definitely Moody Blues and my all time favorite song is "A Beautiful World" as Louie Armstrong sang it.
What an amazing and uplifting love letter you wrote for us today. Thank you so much. I am on a break from the cardiovascular care unit where my nearly 67 years young husband is recovering from a quadruple bypass. This is a stressful and lonely experience. With hundreds praying it’s hard to understand how I can feel lonely but there are moments. He is doing great and we know the recovery road is long, but 67 doesn’t seem so old when you come so close to thinking this could be the end. It’s been good to take a break from politics and the real world and just concentrate on Jesus’s love and healing. I am so grateful I opened your email, I will return to the unit with a new outlook on the new old us.
I like this Steve. It is so appropriate for a Sunday. I too look in the mirror every morning as I take my "wellness" pills and wonder: Who the heck is the old guy looking back at me. I also quit cursing about 30 years ago. I decided being vulgar doesn't get the point across any better.
As I've gotten older I have noticed how many of my family, friends, classmates, and even mutual friends are no longer with us. I started watching "Heaven Awaits" videos where people talk about their NDE's. The main reason I watch is remind myself of what my acceptance means for me.
I plan to quit all politics "except my votes" after November 5, 2024 because whichever way it goes America is going to have a change. I have my preference but will it matter. It does for my children but my generation caused the mess the world now finds itself. I'm far from rich but not poor, I did everything my elders taught me to do but what has happened, happened.
I absolutely hate it that every man, woman, and child has a near $300,000 debt my generation of buy now, never pay, has created. A day of reckoning is coming. Whether that is before my personal one, we'll see. I just hate that what has been created, for our children, is nothing like what I wanted.
Good thoughts, Steve. I wish you well. My favorite song changes often, but old ones remain on my playlist which is getting quite long. Currently at the top is "Need a Favor" by Jelly Roll. He did not write the lyrics, but he seems to have experienced the life.
One of your best…thanks for being authentic