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I AM GOING TO BE 58 YEARS OLD THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.
LIKE MOST OF US WE ARE THINKING OF THE MISTAKES THAT WE MADE IN THE PAST.

THE OTHER DAY I LISTEN TO A MINISTER ON TV. AND HE TALKED ABOUT 3 MAN EACH ONE WERE CARRYING BAGS, ONE IN THEIR BACK AND ONE IN THE FRONT.

ONE MAN HAD A BAG OF REGRESTS AND SORROW , PAIN, SHAME ETC, ON HIS BACK .IN THE FRONT HE HAD ALL THE POSTIVE THINGS THAT HE HAD AND WANTED TO DO BUT THE BAG ON HIS BACK WOULD WAS TOO HEAVY AND IT WOULD NOT ALLOWED HIM TO MOVE FORWARD TO DO THE THINGS THAT HE HAD IN THE FRONT BAG.

THE SECOND MAN HAD THE BAG WITH THE GOOD THINGS IN HIS BACK BUT THE NEGATIVE BAG IN HIS FRONT, BUT IT COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD SINCE THE ( BAD ) BAG WOULD NOT ALLOWED HIM TO MOVE FORWARD INSPITE OF HAVING THE GOOD BAG ON HIS BACK.

THE THIRD MAN HAD THE "BAD" BAG IN HIS BACK AND THE "POSITIVE " BAG IN HIS FRONT BUT WAS MOVING FORWARD. THE OTHER TWO MAN ASKED HIM OF HOW WAS HE MOVING FORWARD SINCE HE HAD THE "BAD" BAG IN HIS BACK. HE REPLY THAT HE HAD MADE A WHOLE IN THE BACK BAG SO THINGS WERE FALLING LEAVING THE BAG A LOT LIGHTER.

I AM TRYING TO DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT WE ALL SHOULD DO THAT. LIVE A GOOD LIFE. JESUS ALREADY PAYED FOR OUR SINS AND HE FOGIVE US. WHY NOT US? IF WE DO NOT LIVE A POSITIVE LIFE NOW , WHEN?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME :-)

ROSA

This is something that has been on my mind for quite some time ( like 35 years or more ). As anyone knows, who reads my posts, I might seem somewhat immature for a 64 year old. It's not that I want to act older......I like the way I am.......it's just I really always thought that at some point I'd feel and think more like an adult ( whatever that feels like ). When told to act like an adult that is exactly what I do....ACT. I know I am separated from younger people by a different frame of reference...........I grew up with no television, then a small tv that got 3 channels, cars without power anything, 78 rpm records, and into a life and a country that seemed less complicated. I really do feel like the proverbial younger person peering out from a body that is growing older..........at least I have my memories.........somewhere?
Memories.......of a time when I had sex with women who were conscious. When I passed pretty women and caught them looking at me as I gazed back at them. Times when I left my house at 10 p.m. to party......now that's when I get home IF I am out partying. My phone rings less and less as my immediate family is deceased and so are many of my old friends.
As I read the above it sounds somewhat depressing.......yet, I'm having a great time. I love not working, I love traveling, and I like my own company.....my life is more of a self directed adventure then it was at any previous stage. I meet up with new friends from eons all over the country........what is missing is the shared history of my family and the friends I grew up with..........to paraphrase.......this is the best of times and the worst of times.............I'm growing older....but hopefully I'll never grow up.

An interesting series of questions arose in another post here:

Do you still live near your "Home place" ?
How far away are you now?
How "connected" are you to your past?
How have you stayed connected? (If you wanted too)

Personally, I live about 250 miles from where I call "home" and still visit there regularly to see family but very rarely see any old classmates from high school although perhaps 35% now live in the area (it is a coastal region nationally recognized as a retirement mecca)-- I do follow my classmates through the high school website -- (Possibly the fact that I was very introverted and anti-social in high school means that I never really had any real friends from that era)-- Well, next year is the BIG class reunion and we will see how it plays out then.

No not world history, YOURS !

Ginger mentioned in a previous post to me (very correctly I might ad) that I need to be aware of my good history in love and react accordingly, and intelligently.
Everyone can tell (including me !) that I'm actively seeking another loving relationship, like the one I had. I have shunned one nite stands and anyone that did not seem a practical or long term prospect. I expect to live happily ever after ???
I have to admit my last relationship has affected my outlook for any new one, and there is the possibility I'll get slam dunked. So I have purposefully tried to slow me down and proceed cautiously. But for me I must try !
on the other hand
I have read posts and replies where I could tell that person was in a bad relationship and will be difficult to trust another, some you can tell were emotionally damaged and are destined to be alone. (and happier that way)
What is your love history and do you let it affect the way you look for love or the posibility of having another relationship ?

Ok I need help.....will the woman please explain this one.....( for some of you oldies in here you know I run into this all the time)....ok here we go.....
several weeks ago while I was out riding I stopped at a local convenience store,
while there I had one of those moments with the clerk behind the counter( you know we made eye contact and smiled and there was a mutual interest) so needless to say I did the male thing by finding ways to go out of my way to buy gas, newspapers, stale potato chips, lottery tickets and anything else that would put me in front of her....I made the most of this time with witty little conversations pieces and humor and any other " bait " I could put out there to " woo" her...and I was successful ...I got a date to go motorcycle riding....and we did ...we rode all day going to different places, eating, having a few brews nothing over board ...I had a excellent time and thought that she did to....so i call her back up and she is very distant..I ask is there a problem and she says I wasn't what she expected....???????
When I first met her I was riding a motorcycle and several other occasions when being at the store I was on my bike....she seen me several times..talk to me numerous times.......what's not to be expected......It seems to me if she had a problem with me or something about me that she would never had agreed to go on the date.....or am I just out in left field on this one and this sort of thing happens all the time to every one...mean while I have to figure out what I am going to do with all these key chains and huggies I am in possession of

Wot is up with that? As I progress through the countryside slaving away, trying to create goodwill and understanding in the world of insurance benefits today...the weather gods decide to snow on me. Now I know what snow is, having actually lived in the stuff for various short periods of time in my life, but I now tend to avoid that white stuff whenever possible.

Since I was spending the weekend in SLC, GNM and Amber decided to visit and help me while away the lonely hours until I was again able to visit with my groups. GNM, being a natural Louisiana girl was aware of snow but could live quite well without spending too much time in it. Amazing as it sounds, the short person is totally excited by the white flakes dancing down and lighting on her tongue! We had to get boots and gloves so she can make a snowman.....I, on the other hand will be real happy soaking in the indoor spa and watching the young person rolling snowballs and freezing her buttkus off outside. The window is nicely placed for such viewing.

Since you and I know that ain't gonna happen....and I will need to be buried to my hips in snow with her.....I had better rest and conserve my energy for the onslault to come......

as I had mention in an earlier post I have the toy run coming up. One thing that I do each year for it is have about 100 lbs of deer sausage cooked for everyone to munch on, so this morning I took to the woods. It was dark when I left and made my way along the path taking me to my deer stand I had sit up the evening before. A light breeze was blowing and it carried the dampness of the woods from the previous days rain with it. It was great for walking because the ground was soft and the leaves wet which helped muffle my clumsy self stumbling in the dark. The combined dark of night and shroud of the big pines made the trek slower than usual because not even the star light could shine through. After reaching my stand I did a last minute safety check of it, my rifle and thermos (the important thing) I climbed the tree set my safety harness and settled in for the morning light. I could see it off in the distance coming from the east rolling toward me like a run away train. I had position myself over looking a opening in the woods with a field about 2 to 3 acres. I had seen some rubs and tracks the previous scout trips into the woods and thought that my location would be perfect. It was not cold enough for a frost to form so I didn't get to the magic of a frost forming as the sunlight chased away the darkness. I sipped on my coffee and tried to stayed focused ( for those of you who have met me you know I was struggling..LOL) It wasn't long before I was watching the chickadee in the brush below me scurrying around, the Grey squirrels making their way down the slippery pines and listening to the lonely crow caws off in the distance. Some where in all of this two hours drifted away my mind was kidnapped by the colors of fall which mother nature had whipped together like mix colors of a palette and if any deer came near I never seen then. So It looks like I get to do it all over again this evening....Lucky me.. :-)

What do you see as the difference here? Which is easier to do? (that is if you see a difference). Which is more effective ?