Nice to hear mature voices. My age didn't bother me when I turned 50 a couple of years ago. What bothered me was when my son and step son turned 30. I grew up in a time where you didn't trust folks over thirty and now I have a children I can't trust because their too old
Grand Children also produce an aging affect. Not the first, that was was kind of cool but now that I have 3 with a fourth due in July, I have to deal with being a "Grand Parent".
As some folks may have heard from my previous postings; back in the 1970's I set a goal of becoming a wise old man, like my grand-dad. I figure when I hit 50 I was half way. I've now lived long enough to have sorted through some priorities. This wasn't a matter of age but more a product of the trama that everyone gets to live through over time. It gives you a since of humor. Or enough to find a chuckle or two in the items that started this topic.
While we're at it, I'll add another item to the above list. This one happend a couple of months ago.
You just smile when a complete stranger comes up and remarks that you look just like Santa Clause.
(Yep, my avatar is the real me, a couple of years ago).
I still think of myself as 20 something when I start doing things; however, now my body has lost patience with me and asserts itself. Usually with pops and creaks the morning after. This is also causing some mental confusion when I'm with my grand daughter. Perhaps my tolerance of cognative dissonance is a part of aging, I'm a 24 year old playing with my grand daughter. So what.
Which leads me to my other discovery; there must be a "So What" syndrome. I've become comfortable enough with who I am that if it doesn't measure up to someone elses expectations? "So What". For that reason alone, I'd prefer not to go back to my early years with its constant search for identity.
I also think age brings with it a certain amount of focus. Finding out what is important to me, as opposed to what I thought was supposed to be important because other's said so. Here is where music comes back in. Its important to ME. I will never be great, but I will always play or sing something. Luckily, I've found folks to play with that make that keep music a lively part of my life.
