George Carlin on aging! (Absolutely Brilliant)
IF YOU DON'T READ THIS TO THE VERY END, YOU HAVE LOST A DAY
IN YOUR LIFE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED, DO AS I AM DOING AND SEND IT ON.
George Carlin's Views on Aging
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like
to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so
excited about aging that you think in fractions.
How old
are you?
I'm four and a half!
You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five!
That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump
to the next number, or even a few ahead.
'How old are you?'
'I'm gonna be 16!' You
could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your
life! You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony.
YOU BECOME
21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh,
what happened there?
Makes you sound like bad milk!
Makes you sound like bad milk!
He TURNED we had to throw him out.
There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's
wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING to be 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away.
Before you know it, you REACH 50,
and your dreams are gone....
But! wait!! You MAKE
it to 60.
You didn't think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30,
PUSH to
40, REACH 50,
and make it to 60.
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After
that, it's a day-by-day thing you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80's,
and every day is a complete cycle. You HIT lunch, it TURNS 4:30 AND you REACH
bedtime.
And it doesn't end there.
Into the 90s, you start going backwards.
‘I’ Was JUST 92.
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you
become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half! May you all make it to a
healthy 100 and a half!!
HOW TO STAY YOUNG?
1. Throw out nonessential numbers.
This includes age, weight and height.
Let the doctors worry about them.
That is why you pay them.
2. Keep only cheerful friends.
The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts,
gardening, whatever, even ham radio. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is
the devil's workshop.' And the devil's family name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long
and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only
person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.
Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family,
pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is
unstable, improve it.
If it is beyond
what you can improve,
what you can improve,
get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to
the next county to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you are in love and that you love them,
at every opportunity.
AND, ALWAYS
REMEMBER
REMEMBER
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the moments that take our breath away.
And, send this to at least 8 people - who care? But do share this with someone. We all need to live life to its fullest each day!!
Life's journey is not arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,
totally used up and worn out,
shouting '...man, what a ride!'
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