Ponderings you may have missed
CRADLEY GURU
THE FINAL LEG OF THE TRIP
OF LIFE
We grew up in the 40s-50s-60.
We studied in the 50s-60s-70s.
We dated in the 50s-60s-70s.
We got married and discovered the world in the 60s-70s-80s.
We ventured into the 70s-80s.
We stabilized in the 90s
We got wiser in the 2000s.
And went firmly through the 2010s.
And now strolling on in the 2020s.
Turns out we've lived through 9 different decades...
TWO different centuries...
TWO different millennia...
We have gone from the telephone with an operator for long-distance
calls to video calls to anywhere in the world, we have gone from slides
to YouTube, from vinyl records to online music, from handwritten
letters to email and WhatsApp...
From live matches on the radio, to black and white TV, and then to
HDTV...
We went to Blockbuster and now we watch Netflix...
We got to know the first computers, punch cards, diskettes and now
we have gigabytes and megabytes in hand on our cell phones or
iPads...
We wore shorts throughout our childhood and then long pants,
oxfords, Bermuda shorts, etc.
We dodged infantile paralysis, meningitis, H1N1 flu and now COVID-
19...
We rode skates, tricycles, invented cars, bicycles, mopeds, gasoline or
diesel cars and now we ride hybrids or 100% electric...
Yes, we've been through a lot but what a great life we've
had!
They could describe us as "exennials" people who were born in that
world of the fifties, who had an analog childhood and a digital
adulthood.
We're kind of Ya-seen-it-all.
Our generation has literally lived through and witnessed more
than any other in every dimension of life.
It is our generation that has literally adapted to "CHANGE".
A big round of applause to all the members of a very special
generation, which are UNIQUE.
Here's a precious and very true message that I received
from a friend:
TIME DOES NOT STOP!
Life is a task that we do ourselves every day. When you look... it's
already six in the afternoon;
when you look... it's already Friday; when one looks... the month is
over; when one looks... the year is over; when one looks... 50, 60, 70
and 80 years have passed!
When you look... we no longer know where our friends are.
When you look... we lost the love of our life and now, it's too late to go
back.
Do not stop doing something you like due to lack of time.
Do not stop having someone by your side, because your children will
soon not be yours, and you will have to do something with that
remaining time, where the only thing that we are going to miss will be
the space that can only be enjoyed with the usual friends.
This time that, unfortunately, never returns... The day is today!
WE ARE NO LONGER AT AN AGE TO POSTPONE
ANYTHING.