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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1182864" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">The Back </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Nine</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">I FIRST STARTED READING THIS EMAIL & WAS READING FAST UNTIL I </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">REACHED THE THIRD SENTENCE. I STOPPED AND STARTED OVER READING SLOWER AND </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">THINKING ABOUT EVERY WORD. THIS EMAIL IS VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING. MAKES YOU STOP </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">AND THINK.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"> </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">READ SLOWLY!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">AND THEN IT IS WINTER</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">You know. </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">. . Time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">where all the years went. I know that I lived them all.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">I have glimpses </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">But, here it </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">is... The "back nine" of my life and it catches me by surprise...How did I get </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember well </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">years away from me and that "I was only on the first hole" and the "back nine" </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">like.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">But, here it is...my friends are retired and getting grey...they </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">shape than me...but, I see the great change...Not like the ones that I remember </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">who were young and vibrant...but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">become.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore... it's mandatory! Cause if </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">I don't on my own free will... I just fall asleep where I sit!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">And </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">so...now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">had done but never did!! But, at least I know, that though I'm on the "back </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">nine", and I'm not sure how long it will last...this I know, that when it's over </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">on this earth...it's over. A new adventure will begin!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Yes, I have </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">regrets. There are things I wish I hadn't done...things I should have done, but </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">indeed, there are many things I'm happy to have done. It's all in a </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">lifetime.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">So, if you're not on the "back nine" yet...let me remind you, </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">accomplish in your life please do it quickly! Don't put things off too long!! </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Life goes by quickly. So, do what you can today, as you can never be sure </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">whether you're on the "back nine" or not! You have no promise that you will see </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">all the seasons of your life...so, live for today and say all the things that </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">you want your loved ones to remember...and hope that they appreciate and love </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">past!!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">"Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">to those who come after. Make it a fantastic </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">one.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"> LIVE IT </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">WELL!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">ENJOY TODAY!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">DO SOMETHING FUN!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">BE HAPPY </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">HAVE A GREAT DAY</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Remember "It is health that is real wealth </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">and not pieces of gold and silver.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">LASTLY, CONSIDER THE </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">FOLLOWING:</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~Your kids are becoming you......but your grandchildren are </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">perfect!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~Going out is good.. Coming home is better!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~You forget </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">names.... But it's OK because other people forgot they even knew </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">you!!!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~You realize you're never going to be really good at anything.... </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Especially golf.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~The things you used to care to do, you no longer care </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">to do, but you really do care that you don't care to do them </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">anymore.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than in </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">bed. It's called "pre-sleep".</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~You miss the days when everything worked </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~You tend to use more 4 letter words </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">... "what?"..."when?"..." ???</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~Now that you can afford expensive </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">jewellery, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~You notice everything </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">they sell in stores is "sleeveless"?!!!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~What used to be freckles are </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">now liver spots.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~Everybody whispers.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">~You have 3 sizes of </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">clothes in your closet.... 2 of which you will never wear.</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">But Old </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">is good in some things: Old Songs, Old movies, and best of all, OLD </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">FRIENDS!!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Stay well, "OLD FRIEND!" Send this on to other "Old </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Friends!" and let them laugh in AGREEMENT!!!</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">It's Not What You </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">Lived.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"> </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YET THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">EVER</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">BE, SO ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px">LASTS.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1182864, member: 1246"] [B][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6]The Back Nine I FIRST STARTED READING THIS EMAIL & WAS READING FAST UNTIL I REACHED THE THIRD SENTENCE. I STOPPED AND STARTED OVER READING SLOWER AND THINKING ABOUT EVERY WORD. THIS EMAIL IS VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING. MAKES YOU STOP AND THINK. READ SLOWLY! AND THEN IT IS WINTER You know. . . Time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams. But, here it is... The "back nine" of my life and it catches me by surprise...How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that "I was only on the first hole" and the "back nine" was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like. But, here it is...my friends are retired and getting grey...they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me...but, I see the great change...Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant...but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd become. Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore... it's mandatory! Cause if I don't on my own free will... I just fall asleep where I sit! And so...now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!! But, at least I know, that though I'm on the "back nine", and I'm not sure how long it will last...this I know, that when it's over on this earth...it's over. A new adventure will begin! Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn't done...things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I'm happy to have done. It's all in a lifetime. So, if you're not on the "back nine" yet...let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly! Don't put things off too long!! Life goes by quickly. So, do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether you're on the "back nine" or not! You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life...so, live for today and say all the things that you want your loved ones to remember...and hope that they appreciate and love you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years past!! "Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after. Make it a fantastic one. [/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [SIZE=6] [/SIZE] [B][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=6] LIVE IT WELL! ENJOY TODAY! DO SOMETHING FUN! BE HAPPY ! HAVE A GREAT DAY Remember "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. LASTLY, CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: ~Your kids are becoming you......but your grandchildren are perfect! ~Going out is good.. Coming home is better! ~You forget names.... But it's OK because other people forgot they even knew you!!! ~You realize you're never going to be really good at anything.... Especially golf. ~The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don't care to do them anymore. ~You sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than in bed. It's called "pre-sleep". ~You miss the days when everything worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch. ~You tend to use more 4 letter words ... "what?"..."when?"..." ??? ~Now that you can afford expensive jewellery, it's not safe to wear it anywhere. ~You notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless"?!!! ~What used to be freckles are now liver spots. ~Everybody whispers. ~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet.... 2 of which you will never wear. But Old is good in some things: Old Songs, Old movies, and best of all, OLD FRIENDS!! Stay well, "OLD FRIEND!" Send this on to other "Old Friends!" and let them laugh in AGREEMENT!!! It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived. TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YET THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL EVER BE, SO ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS. [/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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