Numbers

[Cathrin]

enjoy your friends, even the one you have never met (forummers)

George Carling comedian

Do you realise that the only time in our lives when we like to get oldis when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so
excited about ageing that you think in fractions.

'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and
a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key
You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to thenext number, or even a few ahead.

'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could be 13, but hey, you'regonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life .... . You become21. Even the words sound like a ceremony. YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you soundlike bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now,you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on thebrakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 andyour dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a
day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT
lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there into the 90s, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.'

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!'
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them'

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,
improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next
county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

[gill]

Thank you for that Cathrin - it's SO lovely and thought-provoking

[Ann]

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

I must have missed this earlier. I think this one is so, so true. I know for some people a good cry makes them feel better. For me it only works if I'm crying with laughter!

[Cathrin]

You know I had forgotten I had posted that

[Edda]

So nice!

[Edda]

Number Seven is the best!

[gill]

Y'know...even three years later I STILL love this post! It's soooo true There'd be a lot more people happier in life if they just took these words to heart

[Cathrin]

still works doesn't it

[gill]

It does indeed ;D Far too many people don't realise that they're like a big black thundercloud as all they do is spout forth negativity I tell them off now - tell them to think positive!

Yes, life CAN stink at times but I try not to dwell on that nonsense At the moment I'm taking part in A Month Of Letters and I'm having an absolute blast!

PLUS.....look at what turned up on the sycamore tree in the garden in front of my living room window (a neighbour's garden) this afternoon.....soooo exciting! A corker of a male Bullfinch ;D



There's ALWAYS a silver lining to the day if you'll only look for it and take pleasure in the simple things in life

[Edda]

Beautiful, Gill!

I visit a lot of tennis sites, in addition to the cat sites SICC and Catsup. I saw a video of Serbian tennis star Janko Tipsarevic. He was talking about one of his favorite native dishes-sarma. He said, "It's probably not good for the cholesterol." In other words, the heck with that-he likes it anyway.

[Ann]

What a picture!! However did you manage to get it? The birds never pose like that for me!

[gill]

I borrowed that pic from a friend (don't worry, I emailed him and asked permission first) as Bullfinches are such a beautiful bird and I wasn't sure if they are well-known around the world. I often think just a name of a bird means nothing if you're not a birder or the species isn't found in your country so I always ike to show a pic of them so everyone can share in their beauty.

My normal digital camera is just a very basic model and certainly wouldn't have capytured a bird THAT well....though I think Neil's SLR might have ;D I'm determined to get my hands on that camera

[Ann]

Apart from anything else I was thinking that your windows must be a lot cleaner than mine!

[Edda]

That picture would be ideal for an American magazine called Birds and Blooms.

[gill]

Feb 24, 2013 17:49:09 GMT Ann said:

Apart from anything else I was thinking that your windows must be a lot cleaner than mine!

Hahaha noooo my windows are in desperate need of a clean after this winter, all those streaks from rain and snow Unfortunately with being in an upstairs flat it's tricky to do them (I almost fell out when I did them before Christmas!) and it's SUCH a palaver with my desk and all the computer wires having to be moved out of the way
Over the years I've seen a few window cleaners in Alnwick and asked them if they could do ours but they never turn up! Obviously don't need the work