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August 3: Seasons

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August 3: Seasons

The other day I had the thought that I have more years behind me than ahead of me. I don't have any regrets about my life, and if I'm lucky, I still have a few decades to go before I shuffle off this mortal coil. However, it's sobering to realize you've lived longer than you have left to live, at least in this lifetime.

I've led a good life so far, and I've been lucky in many ways. I love to learn, and my life has been all about learning. I hope it continues to be. Even the difficult times have been learning experiences. I don't like to stagnate. I get bored easily and embrace change and new opportunities and challenges. I think you have to learn to make the best of things if you want to have any chance at happiness.

I look back on the seasons of my life, and for the most part, I smile. There have been highs and lows, but thankfully, more highs than lows and a whole lot of smooth sailing. I had a fairly happy spring, an awesome summer, and I'm enjoying autumn. I'm not quite ready for winter, but winter is coming whether we want it to or not. ;)

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JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
This made me think of a Sinatra song:


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When I was seventeen it was a very good year

It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights

We'd hide from the lights on the village green

When I was seventeen


When I was twenty-one it was a very good year

It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stair

With all that perfumed hair and it came undone

When I was twenty-one


Then I was thirty-five it was a very good year

It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls

Of independent means, we'd ride in limousines their chauffeurs would drive

When I was thirty-five


But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the year

And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs

From the brim to the dregs, and it poured sweet and clear

It was a very good year

It was a mess of good years
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ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F
@JoyfulSilence I love Frank Sinatra and that song. Thank you for reminding me of it.
ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F
@JoyfulSilence

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JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
@ChampagneOnIce

I bet you want to drink some fine wine!
ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F
@JoyfulSilence Well, I happen to love fine wine. :) 🍷🍷
JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
@ChampagneOnIce

I hope you can enjoy some.

I am drinking soda. I am at a restaurant and just had a chicken dinner.
ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F
@JoyfulSilence We have trivia tonight, so I'll be drinking old fashioneds at the bar. (They don't have good wine, and I don't drink beer.) We'll have some good wine tomorrow evening, though. :)