More reflections, thoughts, perspectives and broodings on being older. You can find earlier and similar posts here and here.
Old age: Current age + 10 years; Youth: Current age – 10 years.
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You can only break my heart, once.
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The ratio of laughter to tears narrows as one ages.
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2:00 a.m. : (age 18) = 10:00 p.m. : (age 60+)
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The penultimate expression of acquired wisdom is when we value health over wealth.
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The value of what we don’t know > the value of what we do know.
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Britain’s greatest export was The Beatles.
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Baseball is this nation’s passed time.
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Many of our sweetest memories generally have a soundtrack playing in the recesses of our mind.
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Investing today is like playing a game at the carnival fair. You know the odds are stacked against you but the allure of winning a proverbial stuffed animal is too strong.
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I wish I had a penny for each time a person changed the channel or fast forwarded a program on their remote or Roku. Within a day or two, I would be richer than Jeff Bezos.
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Mother’s and Father’s Day is “Memorial Day” for many of us.
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Our portals in time travel include old polaroid pictures, a yearbook and ticket stubs from a decades old concert or sporting event.
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Do we ever really “grow up”?
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Not sure that this applies to many 1960’s era football stars, but Jim Brown definitely could have played into today’s NFL.
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In addition to Medicare and Social Security, one of the unheralded benefits for seniors are naps.
Esot-eric 
Eric,
Loved reading this blog. It certainly is reflective and is a walk down memory lane. Keep publishing😘
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