| Reflecting ;Should we? 11:32 - Jan 14 with 873 views | onehunglow |
It’s another birthday for me and I’ve been looking back over my life
What I’ve achieved,?what I haven’t
Those I’ve loved , those I’ve hated
Those I’ve let down and hurt
Nobody can change the past but we seem drawn in by it, no matter how hard we try
Is this how many of you feel?
Discuss away
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 14:04 - Jan 14 with 790 views | Demitrius |
Firstly, Many Happy Returns, Buona Fortuna and hope you are relaxing with a nice glass of red....!
Yes, I think a lot of us think and feel this and increasingly so as we drift into the autumn of our lives. Even as a young man these closing lines from F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby resonated with me:
"The orgastic future that year by year recedes before us...tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.....So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
I think one of the paradoxes of modern life is that we are programmed and conditioned to chase and hunt down dreams to have a comfortable existence but rarely stop to take stock of what we have at any given time and enjoy it in the moment. I find I can only really appreciate the good times after they have passed and I've always been slightly envious of those that can graft and push the envelope but were always fully immersed in their leisure time at weekends with a smile on their face. In the thankfully few jobs I disliked, the ghost of Monday morning was often rattling it's chains by Satuday evening, Sunday if I was lucky.
We have more leisure time and creature comforts than our ancestors who, for most of us were lttle more than indebted wage slaves toiiling in unimaginable conditions but contentment and happiness still often eludes us. The human condition eh ? It's kept philosophers in employment for millenia...
Speaking of leisure I think a Welshman summed it up perfectly : 
Leisure - William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 14:06 - Jan 14 with 788 views | onehunglow |
| Reflecting ;Should we? on 14:04 - Jan 14 by Demitrius |
Firstly, Many Happy Returns, Buona Fortuna and hope you are relaxing with a nice glass of red....!
Yes, I think a lot of us think and feel this and increasingly so as we drift into the autumn of our lives. Even as a young man these closing lines from F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby resonated with me:
"The orgastic future that year by year recedes before us...tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.....So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
I think one of the paradoxes of modern life is that we are programmed and conditioned to chase and hunt down dreams to have a comfortable existence but rarely stop to take stock of what we have at any given time and enjoy it in the moment. I find I can only really appreciate the good times after they have passed and I've always been slightly envious of those that can graft and push the envelope but were always fully immersed in their leisure time at weekends with a smile on their face. In the thankfully few jobs I disliked, the ghost of Monday morning was often rattling it's chains by Satuday evening, Sunday if I was lucky.
We have more leisure time and creature comforts than our ancestors who, for most of us were lttle more than indebted wage slaves toiiling in unimaginable conditions but contentment and happiness still often eludes us. The human condition eh ? It's kept philosophers in employment for millenia...
Speaking of leisure I think a Welshman summed it up perfectly :
Leisure - William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
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I’m reading Ryan Holiday The Stoics
Great stuff
Be lucky | |
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 14:26 - Jan 14 with 759 views | onehunglow |
| Reflecting ;Should we? on 14:04 - Jan 14 by Demitrius |
Firstly, Many Happy Returns, Buona Fortuna and hope you are relaxing with a nice glass of red....!
Yes, I think a lot of us think and feel this and increasingly so as we drift into the autumn of our lives. Even as a young man these closing lines from F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby resonated with me:
"The orgastic future that year by year recedes before us...tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.....So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
I think one of the paradoxes of modern life is that we are programmed and conditioned to chase and hunt down dreams to have a comfortable existence but rarely stop to take stock of what we have at any given time and enjoy it in the moment. I find I can only really appreciate the good times after they have passed and I've always been slightly envious of those that can graft and push the envelope but were always fully immersed in their leisure time at weekends with a smile on their face. In the thankfully few jobs I disliked, the ghost of Monday morning was often rattling it's chains by Satuday evening, Sunday if I was lucky.
We have more leisure time and creature comforts than our ancestors who, for most of us were lttle more than indebted wage slaves toiiling in unimaginable conditions but contentment and happiness still often eludes us. The human condition eh ? It's kept philosophers in employment for millenia...
Speaking of leisure I think a Welshman summed it up perfectly :
Leisure - William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
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The worst job I had for that feeling was when I was a young Tesco manager in a store that was suffering from stock losses and we ( me) was being monitored
Ringing in the salrs / stock figures and any till shortages used to feck my weekend up [Post edited 14 Jan 14:27]
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 14:35 - Jan 14 with 741 views | Whiterockin |
| Reflecting ;Should we? on 14:26 - Jan 14 by onehunglow |
The worst job I had for that feeling was when I was a young Tesco manager in a store that was suffering from stock losses and we ( me) was being monitored
Ringing in the salrs / stock figures and any till shortages used to feck my weekend up [Post edited 14 Jan 14:27]
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Imagine if you were a postmaster. |  | | |
| Reflecting ;Should we? on 17:57 - Jan 14 with 661 views | johnlangy |
Penblwydd hapus ohl  | | | |
| Reflecting ;Should we? on 18:40 - Jan 14 with 636 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
If I could go back and give my young self some advice, it would be pointless because I wasn't listening. |  |
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 21:01 - Jan 14 with 599 views | majorraglan |
Happy Birthday.
Hop you’ve had a great day. | | | |
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 21:09 - Jan 14 with 583 views | jack_lord |
Happy Birthday Rich.
We all reflect on the past, sometimes for guidance and reassurance and for lessons lived.
I have had an interesting year and part of that was a reflection on my past and joined a genealogy site which reintroduced part of family that I knew about but had no idea where they were as they did a kind of Lewis diaspora.
It does worry me that someone that shares my surname may be closer to me than makes me comfortable ;) |  |
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 21:20 - Jan 14 with 562 views | Boundy |
Sorry I'm late to the party, Happy Birthday ,Rich , hope it was a pleasant day for you.
As I'm now nearer my demise than I was 30 years ago I do seem to reflect more on the past rather than dream of the future years.
Loved a few ladies who once in a while enter my thoughts ,not wistfully for what might have been but more of how their lives panned out.
I have a few personal regrets about the people I may have hurt either by mouth or deed and in some cases embarrassed that I acted the way I did. I can only hope they've forgotten .
My life has been interesting and eventful , blessed with a fantastic family and good friends so I can't grumble ,it could have taken another path , | |
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 21:51 - Jan 14 with 526 views | union_jack |
Happy birthday R.
I can add little more to what Boundy said above. He must be me! |  |
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 22:33 - Jan 14 with 482 views | Luther27 |
Happy birthday old timer! Thing to ponder on is why do we always remember our mistakes rather than every one of our successes. It’s like remembering the Christmas you had flu….or a major family upheaval. You forget the many happy ones you celebrated.
Humans are like that. A strange lot aren’t we. | | | |
| Reflecting ;Should we? on 22:36 - Jan 14 with 482 views | max936 |
I often look back to growing up especially since my parents passed away, not a day goes by that i don't think about them and I really miss them both, I remember my mother and my day phoning me and hearing their voices, my Grandad great man he was to, said once when he reached 70 I think it was and he said he'd rather be 70 than 21, at 65 I'm not convinced, growing old isn't all its cracked up to be  |  |
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 23:05 - Jan 14 with 466 views | onehunglow |
Some comments on here to make one think
Genuine thanks to all of you and the DMs
I feel almost humble
every day ya forkeits , make it happen
So do we forget the past if we possibly can and erase it as much as we can
It’s a conundrum | |
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 12:19 - Jan 15 with 361 views | jack_lord |
Have you read any of Jeremy Bentham's work? | |
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| Reflecting ;Should we? on 13:55 - Jan 15 with 333 views | howenjack |
"What is life ? .... tis but the summer of a dormouse". Byron
"Its not the years in your life that count , its the life in your years " . Lincoln.
"Since the day of my birth my death began its walk. It is walking towards me without hurrying". Jean Cocteau.
"I dont worry about the future , it comes soon enough". Einstein. | | | |
| Reflecting ;Should we? on 14:48 - Jan 15 with 313 views | onehunglow |
| Reflecting ;Should we? on 12:19 - Jan 15 by jack_lord |
Have you read any of Jeremy Bentham's work? |
Not surprised you’re a fan of JB!
His name was used on The Nice album Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack ( 1967)my all time fav album
It changed my life
I will make it my business to read some of his muses
Thanks for the input
We could all think deeper and longer | |
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