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! A survival kit for the over 50's and those intending to be !
! Because you can run but you can't hide !
Its Just an Attitude
"Acting your age" is such a dumb idea I've
stopped trying ...
On The Brighter Side
You'd think you could open a newspaper, listen to
radio, watch TV or websurf without being warned ...
Another
Chicken Or Egg Question
What comes first ? Career or family ? ...
The "Over 50 Face"
We are each entirely responsible for our own face
after the age of 50 ...
Joys Of Senior Sex
"... when we al groped around leveling the sexual
playing field ..."
" She'll Kill Me "
No married man still breathing has not said this
at one time or another ...
So Much More To
Achieve
It was way past my lady-friend's bedtime and
we were both ready to call it a day after a splendid dinner with
my occasional tennis partner and his wife at their ritzy rented
"Summer on the French Riviera" villa.
When he took me aside and said, "Since you dabble in writing
about lifestyles of the over-60's, I need your opinion about
something that's causing me great sleeplessness?"
I feared the worst.
"Through succesfully managing one of Chicago's biggest brokerage
firms for over 20 years I consider I've achieved pretty much
everything in life I set out to achieve," he said, but sounding
far from happy, "and I feel I've earned the right to sit back
and smell the roses".
I nodded in agreement since I firmly -- and increasingly --
believe these, our later years, are meant simply to be relished
and enjoyed. And at all costs.
Looking thoroughly forlorn and miserable however he paused, and
I knew exactly what was coming next.
"But I'm not getting any satisfaction from this, the period of
my life I most eagerly anticipated. I feel I'm not doing
anything of any importance anymore. The only real challenges I
face are overcoming your unforced errors on the tennis court."
I waited for him to add, "Whadd'ya recommend, doc?" but he
didn't.
"So," I thought, "here we go again." Hearing something I've
heard time and time again from people who've muscled their way
through life misguidedly believing they were achieving great
things, and then, seeing no further dragons to slay, finding
retirement a bore.
Believing they're missing something terribly important by being
out of the loop away from the hectic mainstream maelstrom.
My natural reaction was my customary one-word response to anyone
who tries this on me, "Rubbish!"
But I held my tongue. I wanted to get my lady home in time for
one of those playful tucking-in sessions she likes so much.
Instead, I grovellingly indulged him by telling him to channel
all his energies into doing something he was really good at.
Like tennis. "Go out and teach talented and deserving
youngsters," I blurted, "who knows, you might get lucky and
discover the next Venus and Serena Williams."
"How can I thank you enough?" he said, as I struggled into my
friend's cramped Volvo convertible.
"Invite us both to Wimbledon," I shouted, but he didn't hear me
as he dashed inside to iron his shorts and see how many rackets
and balls he could muster.
Say Exactly What You
Mean
One of the great joys of aging comes when we
realize we can open-up, let loose ...
Jump-In On-Line
Feel like creating something really relevant
today ? ...
Is What We See What
We Get ?
To get the best results from our limited time on
earth ....