Old Man Look At My Life I'm A Lot Like You Were

Old Man Look At My Life I'm A Lot Like You Were

If you're reading my blogs you know I spent my life trying to not be like my father. He worried all the time. He never would take a risk. Life happened to him - he never made it happen. Sure, I was able to break some of those molds, but to be real, I worried a lot. I always played it safe. I took more risks than him, but they were controlled risks not out of the box risks.

I also got some good things from him and some bad things. I got his bright brain which helped me stand out and get ahead in business. I got his sense of humor (he always said funny is funny no matter the format). I got his honesty - He was and still is the most honest man or woman I knew/know. However, I also got his bad spine, which even today I feel is a great trade-off from the good stuff.

My mother on the other hand wasn't the brightest bulb in the room, but I got her love of life, her quirky sense of humor, her love of people of all ages and ethnic groups, her great thick hair (age and stress took most of that away, but that wasn't her fault) and on the negative side her horrible sense of direction. Send my mother two doors down from my house and she would never be able to find her way back.

I was a master computer programmer, but my lack of risk taking never pushed me to go on my own or with a group of others to try to change the world or get rich. I took many risks by changing jobs and careers that I believed would make me happier, but I always did that within the confines of major corporations. I never risked not having a paycheck on Friday.

I changed wives, but I did so to preserve my sanity and happiness. The risks I did take all turned out great, but I never went for the brass ring.

Sooo, I am my father and mother's child. Now that I'm older I'm happy with what I've become. I try my best to never look back and say I "shoulda" or "coulda" done this or that. When I was young, I blamed them for my fears. I blamed them for my lack of being all that I could be. My sister got caught up in that and she wound up with an unhappy life.

I just turned seventy two and I must say:

Old Man Look At My Life I'm A Lot Like You Were - Which I Greatly Appreciate