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Lynne:
Here's "What Made America Famous" - it's by Harry Chapin:
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Lynne:
--- Quote from: Shakestheground on January 03, 2008, 11:30:51 am ---Six am mnew years morning in the throne room, I am reading a recnt issues of the AARP magazine. An interesting article about a woman who was a stay at home mom, a baby boomer, and now at retirement age she is filled with regret about the path not taken.
The article goes on to describe how this is an increasingly common thing among baby boomers who have had so many options, living in a world where everyone knows and sees what is going on in others peoples lives, our minds are not prepared to deal with the information, the feelings that come along with it.
It would seem that with so many choices for so many paths in life we are damned if we do and damned if we don't. Eat up with what ifs. I think that is sad. I think everyone would do it differently if they could, those who say otherwise I don't believe them.
So I will say to all those reading this: I envy each of you, those of you who have children, those of you with good jobs, those of you living in exciting cities, those of you of the verge of something big. Ya'll are so luck. And I am too. Cause if I want to, I could go back to bed right now. :laugh: but I won't.
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See that's how we're different these days - I would go back to bed and pull the covers over my head!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I see a couple of good points here. First, the point about information overload. There is so much truth to that - radio, TV, commercials, internet, movies, music, phones, email - it's an endless list. There's never any true peace or quiet time inside our own brains unless you deliberately turn everything off and head to the woods.
The what-if's have probably always been there - it's that grass is always greener syndrome, but with the aforementioned overload of information - especially advertising - everything seems better than it is. In this consumer-driven economy, almost everywhere we turn, we're shown what we're supposed to want and it's most usually different from what we've got. I guess I'm a little bit too young to be a baby boomer, but it's the same - trying to make things better, constantly questioning if you're doing the best thing for the multiple people involved, etc...
As confused as I am right now about what the future is going to hold, I know I am blessed abundantly with good friends. So maybe I'll get out of bed after all. ;)
Scott6373:
--- Quote from: Lynne on January 03, 2008, 02:01:26 pm ---See that's how we're different these days - I would go back to bed and pull the covers over my head!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I see a couple of good points here. First, the point about information overload. There is so much truth to that - radio, TV, commercials, internet, movies, music, phones, email - it's an endless list. There's never any true peace or quiet time inside our own brains unless you deliberately turn everything off and head to the woods.
The what-if's have probably always been there - it's that grass is always greener syndrome, but with the aforementioned overload of information - especially advertising - everything seems better than it is. In this consumer-driven economy, almost everywhere we turn, we're shown what we're supposed to want and it's most usually different from what we've got. I guess I'm a little bit too young to be a baby boomer, but it's the same - trying to make things better, constantly questioning if you're doing the best thing for the multiple people involved, etc...
As confused as I am right now about what the future is going to hold, I know I am blessed abundantly with good friends. So maybe I'll get out of bed after all. ;)
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Lynne we are all indeed blessed with each other in our lives. We can do anyting we want really. I was just talking to Truman about a huge change I am thinking about making in my life, and it's scary and thrilling, and makes me feel alive to consider all the possibilities that are out there. I am a born skeptic, and have been called a drama queen on more than one occasion, so for me to actually be so close to making this change is monumental for me...in other words..if I can do it, anyone can do it. I know we don't know each other very well, but if you and T are so close, I think you will know what I am talking about. Change all the "what ifs" to "why nots".
Lynne:
--- Quote from: Scott on January 03, 2008, 02:12:15 pm ---Lynne we are all indeed blessed with each other in our lives. We can do anyting we want really. I was just talking to Truman about a huge change I am thinking about making in my life, and it's scary and thrilling, and makes me feel alive to consider all the possibilities that are out there. I am a born skeptic, and have been called a drama queen on more than one occasion, so for me to actually be so close to making this change is monumental for me...in other words..if I can do it, anyone can do it. I know we don't know each other very well, but if you and T are so close, I think you will know what I am talking about. Change all the "what ifs" to "why nots".
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Why is that, I wonder? Let's make a New Year's Resolution to fix it. ;) Maybe I'll get an interview in Boston and we can meet properly. I certainly loved living there once upon a lifetime.
I am not privy to any details of the change(s) you're considering, Scott, but I understand what it feels like to be on the verge of big changes. It IS both thrilling and terrifying, and there's really a visceral, physical response - I guess it's adrenaline flooding the system - sharpening details and making everything seem more vivid. Now that I write that, it's a lot like the early days of falling in love, isn't it?
The worst changes, IMO, are the ones that are forced upon you, that you're not ready for because you didn't see it coming, so you've got to adapt quickly - major stress but of a different and really uncomfortable sort. But I am a control freak and as often as I tell myself the only think you can count on happening is change, it's still a surprise.
Whatever changes you're facing, know you've got people here to help see you through them. :-*
-Lynne
Scott6373:
--- Quote from: Lynne on January 03, 2008, 02:38:36 pm ---Why is that, I wonder? Let's make a New Year's Resolution to fix it. ;) Maybe I'll get an interview in Boston and we can meet properly.
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I hope so, that would be great!
--- Quote from: Lynne on January 03, 2008, 02:38:36 pm --- there's really a visceral, physical response - I guess it's adrenaline flooding the system - sharpening details and making everything seem more vivid. Now that I write that, it's a lot like the early days of falling in love, isn't it?
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I dunno about that. I think those first few months of new love are dangerous times...thrilling but dangerous. Nothing is really sharp. In fact, it's all pretty hazy; like seeing eveything through a filter, which is why we so often get our hearts broken.
--- Quote from: Lynne on January 03, 2008, 02:38:36 pm ---
The worst changes, IMO, are the ones that are forced upon you, that you're not ready for because you didn't see it coming, so you've got to adapt quickly - major stress but of a different and really uncomfortable sort.
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Lord don't I know that one, but I actually think the changes that we see coming and don't prepare for, or the situations that we knew would happen if we didn't make changes are hardest to bear because we could have done something.
--- Quote from: Lynne on January 03, 2008, 02:38:36 pm ---But I am a control freak and as often as I tell myself the only think you can count on happening is change, it's still a surprise.
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I hear ya on that one sister!! LOL :laugh:
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