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09-17-2018, 05:39 AM | #16 |
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I have a somewhat puzzling relationship with ageing.
I hope that I'm a bit more worldly wise than I was say, two or three decades ago, but I never look back and compare distinct ages with the present. I think that most people will have more life events than me on which to pin a particular age, so perhaps that has something to do with it. There's been a few knocks and bruises and occasions when the effluvia has interfaced with the air conditioning, but broadly speaking nothing significant that I can nail down to a definite age. As for learning by experience,* well I've always been aware of the risks of acting in haste, consequences of actions etc, and that awareness becomes more acute by the year. Can timidity be far behind? *Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. (Oscar Wilde)
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09-17-2018, 07:51 AM | #17 |
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Lower resilience and limited recovery time play a bigger role with age.
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09-19-2018, 01:22 AM | #18 |
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Arthur Balfour (Prime Minister 1902-1905) said "Nothing matters very much and few things matter at all". I'd have voted for him.
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09-20-2018, 12:53 PM | #21 | |
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10-12-2018, 03:47 PM | #22 |
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I was a total idiot and a complete emotional dunce when I was a teenager. I think I've improved with age, but I still have my demons. Nobody is perfect, or will ever be. That's part of what makes us human I believe.
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