Posted by finelinebob on August 18, 2006, at 20:36:04
In reply to Re: couldn't read all posts but, posted by TexasChic on August 13, 2006, at 21:12:11
"older AND wiser" ... I think NOT!
I mean, Michael here is 23 and he already gets it. It must have took me until I was 40 before I got it. Everybody else it seems says they got it when they were older than Michael.
Kid, you got us beat!
But you're still "in the moment", so maybe we do have a little teensy weensy bit more wisdom because we're all through it (right? we are, aren't we?). But being in the moment means it's decision time for ya, Michael, and here's the question:
Is the glass half empty or half full?
If you think that's an unfair question, you're right. It's a trick question. You need to think outside the glass. There's no point in thinking about "growing older" because that makes it sound like you are running out of something. Growing out of life. Then you have to start philosophizing about whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. Who wants to do that?! Make it to 104, and then you can start growing older if you want.If you need a direction, I'd suggest growing into life. I mean, life is really, really big so there's lots of room and then some to grow into. Heck, even if some part of life starts to bind and you grow into it so much it rips, you know what? I can go down to the Lower East Side or SoHo here in NYC and sell my ripped jeans for 5 times the price I paid for them. Depends on how cool the rip is.
I mean, go in with some jeans that are just **shredded** and they'll call you an artist!
Same thing winds up being true about life. You got a small rip, they call it 'character'. Big rips? Reality TV. Shredded? Paris Hilton Reality TV. But wipe away all the schlock and you'll find rips and tears and wrinkles and folds and parts that didn't fill out and some that are like that perfect pair of shrink-to-fit 501s. Taken as a "body" of work, it's all art and it's all good. or bettter.
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