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<blockquote data-quote="snake67" data-source="post: 1089443" data-attributes="member: 17764"><p>What my aging father said to me one day not long ago - a man I used to hate - a man I would have happily run over with a truck rather than help - even if he was desparate. We buried the hatchet many years ago and he has much to my surprise and delight become a dammed good friend and a really neat guy to know. I wish I had known this man thirty years ago!</p><p></p><p>Anyways - his thoughts to me one rainy day out in my shop over a couple of beers:</p><p></p><p><em>Son - We are all going to kick some day. You can fight it all you want - but in the end age and death will beat you.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Some will be very young and some will be very old - most will be somewhere in the middle.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>When you look in the mirror at night as you brush your teeth as long as the person looking back is ok - then you are doing well.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>If that person looking back is screwed up - for whatever reason - go to bed and sleep on it.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>When you get up in the morning - as you look in the mirror - now is the time to decide if the person looking back has to make a few changes for the day.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>When you die - it really does matter that at least a few people think kindly of you - remember you leave a legacy - be it family, career, farm, business or whatever. It is not always money - sometimes it is simply memories. At least a few of them should be good memories.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>You have a responsibility to your family to leave them - as much as possible - with happy memories.</em></p><p></p><p>Seems to me he is a pretty smart guy.</p><p></p><p>I am nearly 59 myself and I am not as fast and strong as I once was - but I am less afraid to make a statement and I think that is a good thing. </p><p></p><p>Although sometimes people do not always like those statements - but they are usually meant well despite the tone and the words.</p><p></p><p>When a guy about my age who I served with - Chris showed up at the house a few days ago with his wife - she had never met me. My wife had never met him or her. So there we are - two big - and he is bigger and stronger than me - old soldiers hugging and crying crocodile tears in the driveway. </p><p></p><p>Three and a half years ago was the last time I saw him - leaving on a helicopter with a bunch of tubes sticking in him, about every piece of clothing cut off of him and not much blood left in him. And I am here at the table in one piece writing because he did what he did. He stepped in and pulled me down at just the right time but was not fast enough to get down with me.</p><p></p><p>So my age gives me freedom to say and do things that would not be considered "cool" by the younger generation.</p><p></p><p>I think that I will miss the younger days and the days of strength and the days of partying and the days of being able to go without sleep for more than 24 hours - but aging allows me to be me - and that is probably something I would never have admitted 30 years ago.</p><p></p><p>Best to all</p><p></p><p>Bez</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snake67, post: 1089443, member: 17764"] What my aging father said to me one day not long ago - a man I used to hate - a man I would have happily run over with a truck rather than help - even if he was desparate. We buried the hatchet many years ago and he has much to my surprise and delight become a dammed good friend and a really neat guy to know. I wish I had known this man thirty years ago! Anyways - his thoughts to me one rainy day out in my shop over a couple of beers: [i]Son - We are all going to kick some day. You can fight it all you want - but in the end age and death will beat you. Some will be very young and some will be very old - most will be somewhere in the middle. When you look in the mirror at night as you brush your teeth as long as the person looking back is ok - then you are doing well. If that person looking back is screwed up - for whatever reason - go to bed and sleep on it. When you get up in the morning - as you look in the mirror - now is the time to decide if the person looking back has to make a few changes for the day. When you die - it really does matter that at least a few people think kindly of you - remember you leave a legacy - be it family, career, farm, business or whatever. It is not always money - sometimes it is simply memories. At least a few of them should be good memories. You have a responsibility to your family to leave them - as much as possible - with happy memories.[/i] Seems to me he is a pretty smart guy. I am nearly 59 myself and I am not as fast and strong as I once was - but I am less afraid to make a statement and I think that is a good thing. Although sometimes people do not always like those statements - but they are usually meant well despite the tone and the words. When a guy about my age who I served with - Chris showed up at the house a few days ago with his wife - she had never met me. My wife had never met him or her. So there we are - two big - and he is bigger and stronger than me - old soldiers hugging and crying crocodile tears in the driveway. Three and a half years ago was the last time I saw him - leaving on a helicopter with a bunch of tubes sticking in him, about every piece of clothing cut off of him and not much blood left in him. And I am here at the table in one piece writing because he did what he did. He stepped in and pulled me down at just the right time but was not fast enough to get down with me. So my age gives me freedom to say and do things that would not be considered "cool" by the younger generation. I think that I will miss the younger days and the days of strength and the days of partying and the days of being able to go without sleep for more than 24 hours - but aging allows me to be me - and that is probably something I would never have admitted 30 years ago. Best to all Bez [/QUOTE]
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