Jul. 6th, 2014

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Kevin Christ: Turning 47 next month. Things that are good about getting older:
- I understand myself soooo much better now than I did in my teens and twenties. Things I hated about myself I now see were immaterial or are actually strengths. If you're not born with a ton of confidence and self-acceptance, it's the devil's job to build it up in yourself. I've been working on that for a long time, and the fruit is finally falling off the tree.
- I make a lot more money. Hopefully that will continue.
- Wisdom. It's not a given, as nobody's born with it. Just some people build it slower or faster than others.
- Patience. See above.
- Joy. I am only now, at 47, really starting to experience "the peace that surpasses understanding" on a more than infrequent basis. I used to face life with a kind of fear and dread. Now I find it entirely enjoyable, like a gift that keeps giving.
- Being respected for my experience. I like helping younger people out, and it's gratifying to be sought out.

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Screen Capture #2891

Stan Hayward, in the photo above: am the same age as Sean Connery and Clint Eastwood. In Dog-years that is really really ancient. I am shorter than either, but heavier than both. I am not sure if that makes up for it.

You remember things.
Mostly nice things.
There is a tendency to reminisce, meander, and ramble when talking and writing about the past, and I wonder if anyone is listening, reading, or caring much.

But that is not feeling old, it's more like wondering if there isn't something better I could be doing.

There is of course, but I can't be bothered. That's it.

When you get old you feel you can't be bothered because most things don't matter that much.
Or not as much as they used to.
Or not as much as they ever should have done.

I just wish I had known that then when I was younger.

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