Comments | detroitfather: I Miss the Old Crazy Me!

detroitfather

I Miss the Old Crazy Me!

Jun 22, 2010 22:48

I remember when my dad seemed young and crazy ( Read more... )

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like seraphimsigrist June 23 2010, 02:53:47 UTC

like ( in concise dictum of FB world) :)

Re: like detroitfather June 23 2010, 09:47:16 UTC

Thank you.

I will try to do a better job of reading your LJ entries.

in that case seraphimsigrist June 23 2010, 11:22:12 UTC

in that case I will have to do a
better job of writing them!

jadeejf June 23 2010, 02:58:32 UTC

Dude, that is awesome. That may be one of my favorite photos of you ever- and I love that you're still that guy! :)

detroitfather June 23 2010, 09:45:16 UTC

Thanks. I'm sure I am partially still that guy.

But part of me is the grumpy old guy that yells at neighbor kids to get off his lawn. It is lamentable.

jadeejf June 23 2010, 16:14:35 UTC

I feel your pain ;) I used to be much cooler, too... now rambunctious kids get me cranky ;)

full of life crookedfingers June 23 2010, 03:01:48 UTC

I hope I am more full of Life now then when I was a young man. Does it good to grief for what can never be? We are young for only a short time, but then there is the Life to come-I always tell people I am eternal-I have a heavenly hope-my hope grows stronger as I grow old and my days of youth becomes a fading memory-peace

Re: full of life detroitfather June 23 2010, 09:51:29 UTC

I think some amount of grief is good (at least, Charlie Brown thought so).

Some things (problems with raising kids and a job I don't like) have sucked a lot of life out of me, though.

I think that there are things that can be done. I share your hope for the vitam venturi saeculi, the life of the world to come.

What I see in nearly all elderly people is that they become withdrawn and cautious. I think it should be the other way round. After my life is nearly all spent, that will be the time to throw caution to the wind. And yet, I feel the undertow of Senior Caution trying to overtake me, trying to make me more conservative (in the sense of holding on to things that I know I'll ultimately lose).

Re: full of life crookedfingers June 23 2010, 13:08:21 UTC

I hear what you are saying-"sucked a lot of life out of me"-I also dream of throwing caution to the wind as I get older-it would be nice someday to have a breath taking adventure-a thrill of a life time-not give into the "the undertow of Senior Caution"-I have always wanted a quiet simple life of the mind/spirit and right now that is what I have so I seek to be at peace with my life-life is a mystery though to me-I live by faith-we need to pray for grace to keep running the spiritual race-peace

bojojoti June 24 2010, 06:16:46 UTC

I was too burdened when I was young to be carefree. I'm going to enjoy my old age!