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A New Look
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A New Look |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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life is short no matter if we live past a hundred that ‘s only putting off the inevitable death we take pills and see our doctors as older we become to stave off what is to become of us our emotional state of mind and words and deeds show outwardly our desperation in looking backward hoping against futile hope to grasp the youth we were once in love with ourselves grasping so fragily with me,me,me of course it fails this backward look until at last someone says something which sets our mindset on the now the present the looming future to deal with it as we should have been all along no longer do we grapple with our past we do however understand the truth life is short no matter if we live past a hundred that is only putting off the inevitable death we taking this and that as older we become to stave off what is to become of us our emotional state of mind and words and deeds show outwardly our desperate looking backward hoping against futile hope to grasp the youth we were once in love with ourselves grasping so fraught with me,me,me of course it fails this backward look until at last someone says something which sets our mindset on the now the present the looming future must deal with as we should have been all along no longer do we grapple with our past we do however start the cleaning of thoughts an project them ahead instead of the foggy past our minds begin to clear a smile on our face when we see the future and accept it knowing we shall survive ©May 5, 2018 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Jerry, I'm so happy you are still looking through new eyes. I would think life feels a little lighter now. All the time you used to spend feeling bad you now have to feel something else good. And I think a man who takes his sun sets with cheap California Burgundy has learned how to do more than just survive. One thing about hard times is that they make a great space in us to be able to appreciate good things (if we have a mind to). I'd say you have a mind to with new found peace of mind as well. I hope that if I get to be your age, I am as fearless as you are about continuing to grow emotionally and spiritually. ~L |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, Lori, I understand and quite agree with your philosophy. It is a new way of looking at things, I've been in the blackness for so very long. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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