Thoughts on impermanence.

[icarus]

It occurs to me that my birthday is coming soon.

It occurs to me that I'm coming up on 40.

It occurs to me that if I live till I'm 80, that's the half-way point.

It occurs to me that my dad's health issues started when he was in his early 60s.

So it occurs to me that I really, conservatively, have 25 years left where I can (hopefully) function as I do now. (Yes, I know many spry people in their 70s and 80s and my grandfather was one of them, though he was an early health nut and took better care of his body than I have.)

Hmm.

Comments

[harveywallbang.livejournal.com]

man, and i remember when me and my friends turned 15, we all were freaking out like 'OMG WE'RE HALFWAY TO 30'...whatever, man...
one of my friends just turned 16, and i told her the same thing. that she was over halfway to 30. same reaction...
youth is so funny...course, compared to most, i'm not one to talk... i'm still way young... *sigh*
i thought turning 18 was gonna be scary....for some reason, 20 is really scary feeling to me...and that happens next year.
but it's all perspective...

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I remember when I was 17 I ran into someone I hadn't seen in... ten years. I couldn't believe that I'd been around long enough to have that happen. The thought process is the same. Only the numbers get bigger.

Icarus