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Old 07-20-2020, 05:57 AM
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Default As you age ....

Your "do it now" message for today ....

Barely the day started and... it's already six in the evening.
Barely arrived on Monday and it's already Friday.
... and the month is already over.
... and the year is almost over.
... and already 40, 50 or 60 years of our lives have passed.
... and we realize that we lost our parents, friends.
and we realize it's too late to go back...
So... Let's try, despite everything, to enjoy the remaining time...
Let's keep looking for activities that we like...
Let's put some color in our grey...
Let's smile at the little things in life that put balm in our hearts.
And despite everything, we must continue to enjoy with serenity this time we have left.
Let's try to eliminate the afters...
I'm doing it after...
I'll say after...
I'll think about it after...
We leave everything for later like ′′ after ′′ is ours.
Because what we don't understand is that:
Afterwards, the coffee gets cold...
afterwards, priorities change...
Afterwards, the charm is broken...
afterwards, health passes...
Afterwards, the kids grow up...
Afterwards parents get old...
Afterwards, promises are forgotten...
Afterwards, the day becomes the night...
Afterwards life ends...
And then it's often too late....
So... Let's leave nothing for later...
Because waiting for later, we can lose the best moments,
the best experiences,
the best friends,
the best family...
The day is today...
The moment is now...
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Old 07-20-2020, 06:38 AM
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Remember when I was young and so were you
And time stood still and love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
We made love and then you cried
Remember when

Remember when we vowed the vows and walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
We lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when

Remember when old ones died and new were born
And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
And broke each other's hearts
Remember when

Remember when the sound of little feet
Was the music we danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give it up
Remember when

Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookin' back, it's just a steppin' stone
To where we are, where we've been
Said we'd do it all again
Remember when

Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when

Remember when
Remember when
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Old 07-20-2020, 06:43 AM
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Default great song

Great song Rokdog! Whose is it?
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Old 07-20-2020, 06:47 AM
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Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
And I am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then
The birds in spring again
I have no fear of time
For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?

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Old 07-20-2020, 07:08 AM
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Great song Rokdog! Whose is it?
Yes, a great song. One of many by Alan Jackson.
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Old 07-20-2020, 07:09 AM
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Old 07-20-2020, 07:36 AM
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The Who sang "hope I die before I get old". When I was young and old age something in the far distance, this was a sentiment I could vaguely sympathise with.

But I'm in my 50's now, with hopefully a lot of living still to do.

So I'll go with Robbie rather than Pete.

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Old 07-20-2020, 08:02 AM
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Old man look at my life
24 and there's so much more...
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Old 07-20-2020, 09:04 AM
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Hell or high water.....
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Old 07-20-2020, 09:05 AM
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As I age I prefer blunt realism to nostalgic idealism.

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Old 07-20-2020, 09:31 AM
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.....one of my faves on the subject....

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Old 07-20-2020, 09:33 AM
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As I age I prefer blunt realism to nostalgic idealism.
When memories of what never was become the good old days.

- Steve Martin
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Old 07-20-2020, 09:42 AM
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.....one of my faves on the subject....

I did it last week:

http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/ind...,112304.0.html

I got "Sugar Mountain" stuck in my head each time we passed
Sugar Mountain on the Blue Ridge Parkway...

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