For those of you like me considering what getting older means to our active lifestyle, here's someone who has a position on the matter that I like.
A compelling short movie, worth watching regardless of age.
https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index ... eath-race/
DAG nabbit
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DAG nabbit
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
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XterraRob
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Re: DAG nabbit
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
-Dylan Thomas
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
-Dylan Thomas
RIP - M56
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osprey
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Re: DAG nabbit
Old age is not a battle: it is a massacre.
- P Roth
- P Roth
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“I breathed in the air on the summit and liked it better than the air below.”
“I breathed in the air on the summit and liked it better than the air below.”
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cedica
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Re: DAG nabbit
"I ache in the places where I used to play."
(Leonard Cohen)
(Leonard Cohen)
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painless4u2
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Re: DAG nabbit
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
-Hunter S. Thompson, "Gonzo"
"“One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation.”
-Sir Walter Scott
-Hunter S. Thompson, "Gonzo"
"“One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation.”
-Sir Walter Scott
Bad decisions often make good stories.
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In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9
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In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9
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highpilgrim
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Re: DAG nabbit
I hope more people than have commented on this thread took the time to watch the short movie.
While I would have a hard time living the lifestyle that Dag lives, his outlook on living and aging is fantastic: age is a construct that you can accept (and suffer the limitations it imposes), or not.
I lean more to the latter.
While I would have a hard time living the lifestyle that Dag lives, his outlook on living and aging is fantastic: age is a construct that you can accept (and suffer the limitations it imposes), or not.
I lean more to the latter.
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
