Life! What to make of it?

What happened there? lol.

92 isn't a bad innings mate. An old v8 xy falcon. I had one. Wish I had it now!!!. Life is a gamble mate. Make every day count as best you can.

cheers and sorry for the loss of a mate..

G'day Axle

Many many years ago when I was a young fella - I was sucked in, like the majority of people in this country are into believing that having lots of money is what life is all about. How wrong was I ???

My turning point - I was lining up at the lotto counter behind a couple of old blokes
(yep, my age now) who obviously haven't seen each other for quite some time and they starting chatting. Standing right behind them in the very long queue of people wanting to be wealthy, I could easily hear everything that was said.

"Howz ol' Jim going ? "

"Didn't you hear about ol' Jim ? "

"Nah what happened ? "

"Well ol' Jim retired at 65 last year - got the big payout and bought a new Toyota Landcruiser and big fancy caravan and started preparing for his big dream of
travelling around Australia for 5 years "

"Yeah, go on"

"Well ol' Jim set the caravan up to live like a king, spent thousands on the Cruiser, went for a 3 week trial run to make sure all was good "

"Yeah "

"All was good - so they rented the family home out and started to get excited about the forthcoming trip "

"Yeah - keep going "

"Ya won't believe this mate ! "

"What ? "

"Two weeks before the big life long dream is about to come to fruition - Jim has a heart attack and dies ! "

"Ya kidding me ? "

"Nah mate - poor Jim's gone "


From that day on I decided I do not want to be "Jim" and have spent my life doing everything that I enjoy ! Now - I might not be "worth much" and occassionally struggle for money but should I die tomorrow, I am confident that I will have a smile on my face knowing I did more with my life than most people I know.

I won't go into everything I have done and everywhere I have been but I do have a bit of an internal chuckle when some of my extremely wealthy friends say they are jealous of the life I have lived !

My motto - " I am going to be happy today - not tomorrow ! "

All the best

Gazz

Axle,
Sorry to hear about your mate (who just happened to live next door).
Sounds like he actually lived his life and didn't just exist.

A few years back I had a very bad motorbike accident that changed the way I see things. It went a long way to realigning my priorities.....that's for sure.

Hang in there mate.
Fab.

Never been up to speed on the earlier Falcon models, Axle, so found this example amongst many others.



Sorry about your loss, hope any new neighbours are at least half as enjoyable as the old bloke was. People are so varied in their thoughts, needs and lifestyles, when being content, healthy and having supportive family and friends are the most important.

92, eh? That'd do me too, as long as had good health...........

Bob

Sorry for the loss of your neighbour mate n 92 is a good innings especially if one has enjoyed his time whilst alive :).
Hear many use examples as such to do as much as they can whilst time n health allow , but rewards in life arent just in abillity to travel alone but to enjoy all that one has a passion for.
Children , and the greatest gift your Children can give you are Grandchildren :) , they are the witnesses to the footprints you leave behind ey :).
From there we can enjoy travel with or without our towhome or an overseas travel if something we have dreamt about n can afford.
Wetting a line or watching some tastefull heirloom tomatos ripen that yourve put the effort into growing :).
My Mother passed at 95 and her passion were her Children , Grandchildren and Animals she had on her small acerage.
She was happy to get up early of a morning and feed her Animals first , ring us . Her Children . A lot in life to enjoy if health allows.
Wish you well and hope your new neighbours are as good.
Cheers n Safe n Happy Travels

This life is a test for the next one that is better for most of us - it's that simple.
We're given a set amount of years here, there's nothing we can do to change that.

Some people barely make adulthood and are apparently snatched away before they can achieve anything.
Some peoples lives are snatched away by incredible evil and what appears to be random events.
I believe those peoples short lives occurred, to regularly warn the rest of us, how easily and quickly, life can be snatched away.

As with most people, I think I've endured enough of lifes hardships, to pass the test.
One has to remember that the University of Life is the biggest and toughest educational institution around - entry is free, you have little choice about whether you join it or not, and you don't get out alive!!

92 is a great innings. I'd like to be able to exceed that - but in good health. I can't see any benefit in living, when you're in poor health.
I think contentment with the deal you've been handed, is the secret to a long and happy life - and money isn't everything.

Cheers, Ron.

Life is for living, anyone who doesn't take that attitude is missing out badly.

After a cancer scare a few years back and some ongoing lung problems as well, life is now good.

At age 74, I've just bought and got back on a motorbike and am bluddy lovin' it. Feels like Im' back in my 40's but with the wisdom of years. (A few aches and pains too)
Looking at doing Perth - Alice Springs later this year, on the bike, of course.

'er indoors is off to UK in a couple of months so mate and I will be heading bush while she's gone. Will be back to civilisation and cleaned up before she gets back.

Looking forward to both bike riding and bush life for a while.

As I said "Life is good"

Disco.

My parents are pretty amazing.
Mum played tennis at the local club twice a week for as long as I can remember. She stopped playing 3yrs ago.
Mum just turned 91 in Feb.

Dad has recently finished replacing the 2 old tilt-doors on the shed for 2 roller doors. Built a new chook run, laid a concrete path down the back yard to the clothes line & then tiled it..
And plenty of other stuff. He's still very active.
Dad is 96 this year....

They've just had their 68th wedding annaversary......

Dad is interesting to listen to. He is straight to the point & has not time for "political correctness". Maybe that's where I get some of my blunt attitude from... :)

THe one thing that is noticable. Dad never speaks about the war.. WWII. I know he used to drive a tank & I know he used to be a General's Aid, but other than that, nothing. He won't say a word....
About 8yrs ago I took him to the Tank Museum at Puckapunyal. He was looking over all the photos on the walls of the WWII soldiers. It was quite amazing.
He's looking & saying, "there's Pete", "and there's Jack", and so on. All his mates from back then. He was talking as if it was the day before.....

A very interesting day for me.....

Great Post and replies! I think my long held signature says it all! Michael

There's time to rest when youre dead, Get out and do something instead!!