Been thinking about the questions from 10 Years Later and certain reminders pop up over and over.
The first is a memory of something my father once told me would become relevant to me as it did to most people who reach a certain stage of life.
Who are we now?
What is important today and what is going to be important tomorrow?
Are the people in our lives who we want to be there still or have we changed?
I understood what he was saying when he shared it with me but it plays differently now than it did for the obvious reasons.
Sixty used to sound really old and now it just sounds older. Got a chunk of time before I hit that mark, more than a couple of years but less than two hands full.
I can see, feel and taste the changes. Certain people who used to be very important hold less than ever and I am not sure where others fit, if at all.
Time has come to make a few choices regarding some of these things. Time has come to figure a few things out and that is what now is about.
Attitude
Used to turn my nose up at people who said a good attitude impacted everything because it sounded ridiculous to me. Sounded like some sort of feel good but lacks substance platitude that I had no time for.
I don’t turn my nose up at it anymore.
Too much negativity drives me away. I understand challenges and hard times and how that can impact our perspective.
Heck when I was climbing out of hell I had extended moments where my perspective was pretty negative but eventually I managed to change it.
Took some effort and some doing but it made a difference. Won’t lie and say I am always some sort of happy-go-lucky fellow because I am not.
I kind of enjoy being grumpy but I also enjoy believing I’ll figure things out. That usually helps me get through the rough moments with a little less pain than otherwise.
Doesn’t mean I don’t have my moments because I do. Got my share of juggling chainsaws and bowling balls and haven’t avoided taking a couple of shots to the head, but I keep going.
That is enough for me.
Going to get some answers to some of those questions, going to answer a bunch including who are we now.
Kim Prince
Look at us commenting on each other’s blogs like the OG’s we are. I’m glad you are still doing it!
Joshua Wilner
I am glad we’re both still out here. Takes some doing huh.