What We're Talking About Now

What We're Talking About Now

Remember when we were 8 years old. We talked about getting money under our pillow when a tooth fell out. We talked about how much we hated our little sister. We talked about not getting to play games (we called it grounded) when we pissed off our parents. We talked about the scratch on our knee when we fell down.

Remember when we were 13 years old. We talked about school. We talked about how we didn't like girls. We talked about how our parents pushed us to get better grades. We talked about how our parents didn't understand us. We talked about the cut on our leg from playing sports.

Remember when we were 16 years old. We talked about girls. We talked about sex. We talked about how we didn't like school. We talked about how our parents didn't understand us. We talked about when we would get to drive a car. We talked about the sprained ankle we got from ruff housing with our friends.

Remember when we were 22 years old. We talked about graduating from college. We talked about our girlfriend or boyfriend. We talked about our first or second job. We talked about a career. We talked about how our parents didn't understand why we wanted to be who we wanted to be. We talked about our fantastic car. We talked about the broken leg we got in a car accident.

Remember when we were 36 years old. We talked about our job. We talked about our spouse. We talked about either having kids or how much we liked the kids we had. We talked about how we used to stay up all night partying. We talked about the stress job, spouse and kids was giving us. We talked about the pain in our back because we lifted something heavy.

Remember when we were 45 years old. We talked about the kids graduating school. We talked about which relatives we liked and which ones we didn't like. We talked about the stress of getting older and trying to compete with the younger generation. We talked about things we should have done when we were younger. We talked about things we could have done yesterday. We talked about the pain shooting down our right leg because of the bad disk in our back.

Now we're 55 - 75 years old. We talk about the pain in our knee. We talk about the pain in our shoulder. We talk about back pain. We talk about cancer. We talk about the friends and/or family we lost to heart attack, stroke or cancer. We talk about all the medications we're taking. We talk about how lucky we are that we're not as sick as someone we know.

We have to stop talking about all this negative stuff. We need to talk about:

* How great retirement will be. 

* How great it will be to finally start collecting Social Security when we paid the Government more money than we will ever get back.

* How great it is to have the house all to ourselves because the kids are gone.

* How great it will be to have the time to travel.

* How much less mental stress we will have as we get older.

* How we don't have to worry about our parents when they are gone.

* How great it will be to sleep-in every day when we leave our job.

Now We Must Talk About How Much More We Appreciate Life As Our Number Of Years On This Earth Becomes Less And Less.