Reaching
“I was so much older then,
I’m younger than that now.” – My Back Pages (Dylan, and later The Byrds)
There are nice things about getting older. Maybe not physical, but the sense of not giving a hoot about what the rest of the world thinks. Even using the word hoot is a hoot.
I’ve noticed it in ancient people, and I can see how it happens. It’s too bad, but it takes most of your life to find out that no one knows very much, and the things you know are just as good as what the rest of the world knows, maybe better.
If you can make it into your seventh decade, you go back to being an unruly teenager again; testing the rules all over again.
And eventually, you do make a complete journey and become childish. But if you had a happy childhood, than maybe this second one will be equally happy. And if you had fun as a teenager, then you’ll probably have just as much fun when you get to those higher decades. Then you can do and say whatever you like, and you will. Because you don’t care what anyone thinks anymore (I know I just said that) but you also enjoy not being fully responsible any longer.
Great shot.
To another topic, have a Iomega external USB 2.0 I TB drive. Its composed of 2 500 that is seen as one drive. Used it as a backup. The drive stopped working today. Its off warranty, about 3 years old. Does it pay to get it looked at for possible repair or just better to trash it?
Craig M. Nisnewitz
January 12, 2009 at 2:50 am
Great thoughts Dave. I too used to think everyone knew more than I did about everything but now in my early forties I have finally realised that most of that was bluff and nonsense. As you say, it’s a shame it takes that long to work it out.
The beginning of this was a few years ago when a friend and I travelled halfway across Oz to meet a supposed “guru” in our work field. It only took us about half an hour to realise that she was just better at advertising herself…
Cheers
Phill Hunt
January 12, 2009 at 3:23 am
Excellent image Dave, images like these I really enjoy. A bit poetic with a strong feel.
thanks
-r-
richo
January 12, 2009 at 10:52 am
Very true! Very true!
Rich Read
January 12, 2009 at 11:10 am
True. As we get older, we care less about what other people think, but it’s also true that other people, especially younger ones, care less about what we think. So it all works out very neatly. The old and the young go their separate ways and outdated knowledge and the standards of the past fall into disuse. If it seems easier for older people to speak their mind, maybe it’s because no one is listening anymore.
Lester
January 12, 2009 at 2:05 pm