Members temnov Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 Remember yourself young and eager, trying to get everything done perfectly and quickly? Remember realizing that world works differently and it is not so perfect, you should learn to wait? Remember yourself disappointed and maybe mean sometimes? Rewind to present. You are older, many of us over here are. What did you learn, what did you become? Are you softer and more balanced today than 20 years ago? Or you are still the same rebellious person you were? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 I am much happier now. But I still hate people as much now as I did then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 I'm moving backward in time, so I don't feel qualified to answer this question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lukenskywalker Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 I'm moving backward in time, so I don't feel qualified to answer this question. Micheal...Micheal Jackson....Is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 Remember yourself young and eager, trying to get everything done perfectly and quickly?Remember realizing that world works differently and it is not so perfect, you should learn to wait?Remember yourself disappointed and maybe mean sometimes?Rewind to present. You are older, many of us over here are.What did you learn, what did you become? Are you softer and more balanced today than 20 years ago? Or you are still the same rebellious person you were? um, I was never really rebellious but I have softened in the last 4 years. Somewhere around the age of 33 I lost my MOJO. Not really sure why but I used thrive on competition, now I could care less. I have improved with age in certain aspects.. better songwriter, better instrumentalist, better listener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted October 24, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 24, 2010 25 years of living with an angry person has made me far more calm and patient - or perhaps that's the xanax. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beck Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 Are you softer and more balanced today than 20 years ago? Or you are still the same rebellious person you were? Yes! On both counts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 24, 2010 Members Share Posted October 24, 2010 Micheal...Micheal Jackson....Is that you? No. It is I, Merlin the Magician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted October 25, 2010 CMS Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 I can't remember how good I used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ed A. Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 "I can't see the lines I used to think I could read between." -Brian Eno Which sums up what I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 25, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 25, 2010 Better? Yes, probably. One thing I'm better at is prudence. Playing the tape to the end before I leap in. Of course the downside of that is fear. Balancing the two as I get older is the trick. Retain the drive of youth, now tempered with foresight. Tempered? Sharpened with foresight. Yeah, that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveWolf Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 I am much happier now. I don't care to much about problems anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 I have much better/wider perspective at 41 than I did at 21. I can't imagine a person who doesn't, and I'd feel pity for anyone that didn't. Many of the answers to life that seemed very simple and clear-cut when I was in my early 20s, I now view with more respect and openness to other's viewpoints. Living life will do that to you; experiencing things and events firsthand will hopefully make you realize that easy answers usually mean you haven't thoroughly examined the possibilities. All that having been said, I'm certainly happier now than I was at most points previously, and I find things to enjoy that I didn't bother with in my youth. I guess my one-word definition at this stage is appreciative. I'm happy with what I've done and what I have, and less likely to take for granted things I would have in my 20s and 30s. Satisfaction level is good, and hopefully rising. No complaints here. None that matter, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dessalines Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 We are getting older with age. Sorry but its true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 We are getting older with age. Sorry but its true. Beat me to it, thats exactly what I was going to say. So I'll quote a line from Citizen Kane "Old age is the only illness noone is looking forward to being cured of". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members temnov Posted October 25, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 We are getting older with age. Sorry but its true. I think there are two ages, physical and mental. You can age physically but be young mentally. I met some young people who were pretty old mentally, too. I also know couple of people over here that are much older than me but incredible young! I really think these guys got more balanced with age and became Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted October 25, 2010 Members Share Posted October 25, 2010 I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beck Posted October 26, 2010 Members Share Posted October 26, 2010 25 years of living with an angry person has made me far more calm and patient - or perhaps that's the xanax. Terry D. Tell them to take the xanax so you don't have to. It's not all that uncommon for the wrong person to end up medicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted October 26, 2010 Members Share Posted October 26, 2010 I became more passive over the years. It took awhile, but after 20 years or so in the factory, I finally realized that I had to listen to the boss and that he didn't care about my suggestions anyway. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veracohr Posted October 26, 2010 Members Share Posted October 26, 2010 I'm not too old yet, 31, but I was definitely a better person 10 years ago than I am now. I'm getting curmudgeony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted October 26, 2010 Members Share Posted October 26, 2010 I am much happier now. But I still hate people as much now as I did then. Not many things make me LOL these days .. but this did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lukenskywalker Posted October 26, 2010 Members Share Posted October 26, 2010 Tell them to take the xanax so you don't have to. It's not all that uncommon for the wrong person to end up medicated. very perceptive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members michaelhigh Posted November 3, 2010 Members Share Posted November 3, 2010 First I was groovy, then I became far out. Then new wave, then punk, then, (oops, I got those last two mixed up)... I started wearing flannel shirts, then, I started wearing flannel pajamas. Now I don't wear pajamas. Pretty groovy, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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