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Dan,
I'll be 50 next November. I have the opposite example:
My father will be 77 in February and still rides his Harley everyday the weather is reasonable (he lives in Monument, CO). He *****es about absolutely nothing and finds most people his age whiners.
From what I have observed over the years, he has the following attributes that seem to be a bellweather of growing old well:
- He refuses to stop working: He could, he just won't. It helps that his talents are still in demand in an area he likes (part-time), but I image in a few more years that customers to the local Monument Lowes will be dealing with him!
- He plans things...and travels. Between work he is constantly on the move.
- Never dwells on the past: He looks forward, not back. If we tell stories, they are never sappy...either he or I are usually the brunt of the joke.
- Humor. He is not a funny man, but he knows what is and laughs a bunch.
Not much, I know, but he gets it. Our next plan is his 55th West Point reunion next spring...after he gets back from some road trip or another. Fish gotta swim.
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