Ohhhmmmmmmm

As I age I find that a lot of things my elders told me would happen, has happened...dammit.  Some of these things are to do with the ravages of time (wrinkles, memory not as sharp, making old men noises when you get out of bed in the morning, but luckily my uterus hasn't fallen out in the bathtub (that is a story for another day...)) but some of them are what comes with wisdom  if you pay attention.

One of the positives is the realization that petty little things and even petty big things start to lose their significance.  Material goods are less sought after and even seem a burden at times.  The true pleasures in life can be a laugh with a friend, being the shoulder for a friend in need to cry on, answering a question from your daughter about how to cook frozen vegetables and taking a late night walk around your neighborhood and realize how you luckily ended up just where you needed to be when you needed to be there.  My theory about what happens to us as we age, the changes to our body, minds and outlook is natures way of getting you to realize, before it is too late, the wonder of this beautiful existence and the amazing people within it.  People who have different views, outlooks, backgrounds and passions. Lucky are we who surround ourselves with people and not things.