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When people ask "How are you?" I usually answer "I'm looking down at the grass- - - -it's a wonderful day!" Most people do a double take before they catch my drift. Several car crashes, a blown tire on a motorcycle at 65 MPH, and a few hairy plane rides, plus two heart attacks have had two lasting influences on me. I enjoy every day, even the "bad" ones, and I don't give a damn about other people's opinions of what I do or say! It's my life and I'm going to live every day of the time I've got left on my terms, to the best of my ability. I'll be 74 in a few months if I make it that far!
Jerry

Great advice, gents. Yesterday my 15-year-old daughter asked if we could go fishing on Sunday; I replied that we couldn't because we had to go get a load of hay. Then I thought about it. I rescheduled with my hay guy and I'll be getting the boat ready this afternoon.

I'm at 23,233. Time to start living.

flagstaff - your post is a good reminder about our days and, although earlier times were consumed with myriad aspirations and responsibilities without much focus on your point, more recently I've been trying to make every day good for me and those close to me, and productive as much as possible. It's all worth the concentration and effort. The story you shared has a high sadness component, but thanks for the candor. Your daughters should be in their early 20s now, and I trust that they are well, happy and a joy to you. BTW - I'm almost at 30,000.

We have somethings in common, Jerry: almost the same age, and I've had a few hairy plane rides, too!

24,454 as of today....schit.

Hmmmmm......what to do next.

Sorry for your loss flagstaff.

Yep, but I had the advantage of a lot more altitude, and eight engines! Check six!
Jerry

Sound advice,thanks for the post.

26,315.....

Sound advice,thanks for the post.

26.3k and counting.

flagstaff

Sometimes tragedy strikes in bucket loads. Back around 10k my father died, my mother died, and got divorced in about an 11 month period. Remember reading some time later a list of ten things that happen in life that increase your chances of cancer, well, in that year I could have checked off 9/10. Remember it as the blackest year of my life. But I'm still here putting one foot in front of the other, taking life one day at a time.

For sure. Dayom.

Thank you.

Good advice.Thanks for sharing flagstaff...

My year of living as Job was 2009-2010... life is fleeting whether you die at day 1 or day 36,500, possessions are expendable, relationships are eternal, pain is bearable, death is inevitable and a blessing, fear is unproductive, you are not near as important as you think you are, if you are important to a few people and they to you your life was worth something.

Kent

Birth date: 1960-07-28 (Jul 28)
Today's date: 2020-02-15 (Feb 15)
You are 21751 days old.
Which is 3107 weeks and 2 days.

That's 59 years and 202 days, including 14 leap days,
or 59 years, 28 weeks and 6 days.

In other words, that's 714.58 months.
Therefore, you are 59.553 years old.

You were born on a Thursday, your last birthday was a Sunday
and your next one will be on a Tuesday.

78.6 x 365 = 28,689.

Gotta fish a lot more than me to get 400 days in a year. I best start fishing more. Yep, at least 35 days more.

Great story and good advice from your father.

Only one thing is that I'm not sure about the States but here in Canada the years are 365 days long excluding leap years which are 366.

Just sayin'

Thanks for the condolences.

It took quite a few years to get better. I didn’t see the divorce coming. The worst of it was the significant pain it caused me to see my daughters hurting when there was nothing I could do about it.

I pretty much raised my daughters as a single Dad much of the time. I didn’t date until at least 5-7 years after the divorce was finalized. I focused everything on my daughters and me.

I wasn’t gonna let all that trauma define me. I became a heck of a Dad to my daughters. I became a damn good cook and cooked dinner every night, got into top physical shape, and immersed myself in wildlife photography and hunting. I got closer to God also.

As said, it taught me there is nothing that is gonna break me.

My daughters are now both in college. The oldest want wants be a nurse. She graduates in May. She has a rare physical disorder called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Has has the same spirit as I do regarding nothing gonna keep her down. My youngest is a Junior at Arizona State. She is a phenomenal kid. She too has that spirit. I am very proud of both of them.

But I really try to live life as if each day is a gift. I tell those I love each day I love them. I hug people in my life all the time. Often telling them I love them even if it’s not the manly thing to do.

I see my role in life now is to make others path in life easier. I buy random people lunch. I always help a friend in need - whether it be help them move to help fix their car.

The point to all this is to say enjoy life and don’t waste the 30,000 days we are given. That’s the reason for my post.

Good idea.

20 years from now, she might even remember this fishing trip. If you do the hay thing, it’s a day lost to spend time with her fishing.