21-01-2014, 03:11 PM
Gee, Clara, I could have written that last bit myself! It is tough, isn't it, knowing there was an entire other life each of us might have had getting to the age we are now at. Yet, when you (or rather I, since, I cannot ,of course, speak for you) think about the trade offs involved in that other path we might have taken all those years ago, I don't find I would be willing to make that trade, even now, if I could go back.
But, even so, there are no regrets, just a certain wistfulness. I learned a long time ago that often simply being able to fully imagine and visualize an experience can be pretty close to being as good as the experience itself.And, as you say, there is great satisfaction now in what participation we can enjoy.
Hopefully, that is some of the wisdom we gain with age.
Now if only all that "wisdom" would enable me to match my teenage daughters expertise at typing on the friggin tiny keys of this cell phone.!!!!!
I WANT MY PM BACK!!!
There, all better now.
But, even so, there are no regrets, just a certain wistfulness. I learned a long time ago that often simply being able to fully imagine and visualize an experience can be pretty close to being as good as the experience itself.And, as you say, there is great satisfaction now in what participation we can enjoy.
Hopefully, that is some of the wisdom we gain with age.
Now if only all that "wisdom" would enable me to match my teenage daughters expertise at typing on the friggin tiny keys of this cell phone.!!!!!
I WANT MY PM BACK!!!
There, all better now.