Query most people who’ve led an “interesting” lifestyle, and they’ll sigh and say they prefer their current lot of peacefulness. They’ve had it with lots of upsets, curious interruptions in the flow of normality, relocations, challenging romantic entanglements, and even some spots of violence or mental dislocation. I kid you not!
No, I’d prefer to laugh whenever my dog has a squirrel treed, or my female cat Sabrina turns into an actress to convince me that breakfast was totally inadequate, and she needs a second one. I also revel in the lack of stress I feel when I’m traveling the interstate, and remember when I hitched that particular area back when.
No, my wife, children, two cats, the dog, and my garden form the core of my daily existence and bring me happiness. The old “interesting” stuff? It can stay safely in the rear-view mirror as I drive away.
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Yup. I never realised it but all my earlier globetrotting was to fill my memory banks. Now is the time to sit back and enjoy them.
It’s true. Just think about all those boring people who’ve never stirred themselves off the rotundities.
I agree and sometimes not. It’s weird. I would not like to repeat many of the “adventurous” things I once did. I like hanging out with my dogs, walking at the Refuge and looking at the sky — at 30? No…
I agree, if we could be selective. But that’s a big if.
I de-stress on the I95 listening to the SPA channel on XM
That will do it!
Each stage in life is different. It is better to let the past remain where it is.
Yes. Learn from it, not repeat it. Taking lessons from it, telling stories, and keeping it in perspective make it valuable.