[Tvflguy]

Saw this on Youtube. We just turned 77 so it's very poignant. And no doubt many here on TOTV would agree and enjoy his perspective and commentary no matter your age. So many are spot-on. It's 20 minutes and I believe your time to view will be worth it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCPOOJzNVFc

[VApeople]

I watched about half a minute of the video and got bored.

I turn 80 on August 20 and I am the happiest I have ever been in my entire life. My wife and I enjoy every day of our life together, and that's about it.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by VApeople

I watched about half a minute of the video and got bored.

I turn 80 on August 20 and I am the happiest I have ever been in my entire life. My wife and I enjoy every day of our life together, and that's about it.

It does seem the older wifie and I get the easier life can be and we enjoy it more.

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by VApeople

I watched about half a minute of the video and got bored.

I turn 80 on August 20 and I am the happiest I have ever been in my entire life. My wife and I enjoy every day of our life together, and that's about it.

Sorry it took until 80 for you to be so happy. I enjoyed his conversation outlining getting older and talking about 77 year old "kids" vs 80 year oldsters. Sharing with people who are aging is important and lining up estate decisions equally so. I didn't hear him say he was depressed or unhappy, in fact he appeared to be relaxed and introspective. We're having a really good life now too but the happiest years for us were all those when we were building our lives together, raising kids, working and sharing our lives with all the loved ones who have passed. To each their own.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

Saw this on Youtube. We just turned 77 so it's very poignant. And no doubt many here on TOTV would agree and enjoy his perspective and commentary no matter your age. So many are spot-on. It's 20 minutes and I believe your time to view will be worth it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCPOOJzNVFc

Watched it. The guy spoke a lot of truth. But so much of that "truth" was couched in pessimism that the overall effect was one of lugubriousness more than anything else. You wonder if your next trip to the doctor will reveal the "big one"...the older you get the more the people important to you (friends, family) start dropping like flies...You wonder if the trip you took this year would be even possible for you to take next year...Your friends battle dementia...and on and on ad endless nauseam. That was the main message--at times it seemed like the only message--of the video.

Bad things happen to old people. Emotionally, physically, socially, etc. etc. I get that. But bad things happen to people of ANY age. Is that a reason to dwell on them? Apparently yes: Assuming the readers are of retirement age and older themselves...how many of your friends and acquaintances of like age make sure they recite the litany of All That Ails Me far too often? And do you reply in a like vein? Many do, I think. Both ways. You hear it in restaurants all the time. If you're at a table or booth adjacent to a group of four geezers and within earshot, I'd bet the farm that a large part of their conversation centers around the GAWDawful nasties besetting their respective bodies.

Hey! We're old. We're gonna die. But I refuse to live as if the Grim Reaper, sickle in hand, is lurking just around the next corner. I'm two years shy of 80 and have my share of diagnoses. Maybe I have one year. Maybe five. Maybe 10. Maybe more. Maybe much more. I've played golf and tennis here with people in their late 80s and 90s, and some of those late octogenerians and nonagenerians still move well on the court and play better golf than I do. But they didn't reach their stage in life with the capabilities that they still have by engaging in self-pity or babying themselves. Such people PUSH themselves. They challenge themselves. They do all they can, and then sometimes even a little more. A few days back, with a 116 degree heat index, I walked three + miles nonstop just to see if I could do it. I could. (My next challenge is four miles). Oh, I had a can of mineral water along just in case, but I didn't need it. For the record my wife thinks I'm crazy, but she thinks nothing of playing 2 hours of tennis from 10:00 AM to noon twice a week with the ladies in their group.

So...as long as you haven't tipped over permanently, you still have a LIFE to live. So LIVE it.

[Topspinmo]

Be happy we get to 77. I’m close but no cigar.

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Watched it. The guy spoke a lot of truth. But so much of that "truth" was couched in pessimism that the overall effect was one of lugubriousness more than anything else. You wonder if your next trip to the doctor will reveal the "big one"...the older you get the more the people important to you (friends, family) start dropping like flies...You wonder if the trip you took this year would be even possible for you to take next year...Your friends battle dementia...and on and on ad endless nauseam. That was the main message--at times it seemed like the only message--of the video.

Bad things happen to old people. Emotionally, physically, socially, etc. etc. I get that. But bad things happen to people of ANY age. Is that a reason to dwell on them? Apparently yes: Assuming the readers are of retirement age and older themselves...how many of your friends and acquaintances of like age make sure they recite the litany of All That Ails Me far too often? And do you reply in a like vein? Many do, I think. Both ways. You hear it in restaurants all the time. If you're at a table or booth adjacent to a group of four geezers and within earshot, I'd bet the farm that a large part of their conversation centers around the GAWDawful nasties besetting their respective bodies.

Hey! We're old. We're gonna die. But I refuse to live as if the Grim Reaper, sickle in hand, is lurking just around the next corner. I'm two years shy of 80 and have my share of diagnoses. Maybe I have one year. Maybe five. Maybe 10. Maybe more. Maybe much more. I've played golf and tennis here with people in their late 80s and 90s, and some of those late octogenerians and nonagenerians still move well on the court and play better golf than I do. But they didn't reach their stage in life with the capabilities that they still have by engaging in self-pity or babying themselves. Such people PUSH themselves. They challenge themselves. They do all they can, and then sometimes even a little more. A few days back, with a 116 degree heat index, I walked three + miles nonstop just to see if I could do it. I could. (My next challenge is four miles). Oh, I had a can of mineral water along just in case, but I didn't need it. For the record my wife thinks I'm crazy, but she thinks nothing of playing 2 hours of tennis from 10:00 AM to noon twice a week with the ladies in their group.

So...as long as you haven't tipped over permanently, you still have a LIFE to live. So LIVE it.

I think the message was, if it was missed.. is Carpe Diem. Seize the day and plan. Apparently, you are aware of your time clock and are doing so. Reality and self pity are two different things and I think there is a tendency in TV's to deny aging. But yet we have seen so many "go getters" die in spite of their efforts to live the good life. Reality is a beotchhh.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Aces4

I think the message was, if it was missed.. is Carpe Diem. Seize the day and plan. Apparently, you are aware of your time clock and are doing so. Reality and self pity are two different things and I think there is a tendency in TV's to deny aging. But yet we have seen so many "go getters" die in spite of their efforts to live the good life. Reality is a beotchhh.

No argument there. But in many (most?) cases, reality is what you make it. A guy on our street a few houses removed died this spring. We knew him--sort of. We'd encounter him from time to time and would listen with varying degrees of patience as he described the myriad maladies plaguing him. More than once we heard "I think I'm gonna die soon". His prophecy eventually proved correct. He did die but it took him all of the five years we knew him (and uncounted other years from before that) to reach the end.

I'm a firm believer in mind over matter. You can talk yourself into the hole. And you can talk yourself out of landing in the hole for a long as possible, as well.

[Boomer]

“Fly first class or your kids will.”

Boomer the Boomer

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by Boomer

“Fly first class or your kids will.”

Boomer the Boomer

We prefer that our kids and their families get it all to make their lives easier than ours was. We have done our share of "first class" stuff now we enjoy them having the ability to do so.

[tedquick]

I'm 80 and loving it! While I wish I were younger, I am what I am and I'm doing my best to enjoy everything that I have left. I now have some dementia, but it's not debilitating as of yet. My wife has been very patient with me, which is a huge blessing. Each of us has a choice every day when we wake up, we can choose to be happy, sad or anywhere in between. I choose to be happy and make the most of each and every day because I know that they are now limited. The "man in the glass" is the one who is responsible for taking care of me/you. I still love life and hope it continues for a while longer. Peace to each of you!

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by tedquick

I'm 80 and loving it! While I wish I were younger, I am what I am and I'm doing my best to enjoy everything that I have left. I now have some dementia, but it's not debilitating as of yet. My wife has been very patient with me, which is a huge blessing. Each of us has a choice every day when we wake up, we can choose to be happy, sad or anywhere in between. I choose to be happy and make the most of each and every day because I know that they are now limited. The "man in the glass" is the one who is responsible for taking care of me/you. I still love life and hope it continues for a while longer. Peace to each of you!

GREAT post.

[tedquick]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

GREAT post.

A sincere Thank You!