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alj Five Star Member
Number of posts : 9633 Registration date : 2008-12-05 Age : 80 Location : San Antonio
| Subject: Stages of Life Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:07 am | |
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- There is a Japanese saying I recall once having heard, of the five stages of man’s growth. “At ten, an animal; at twenty, a lunatic; at thirty, a failure; at forty, a fraud; at fifty, a criminal.” And at sixty, I would add (since by that time one will have gone through all this), one begins advising one’s friends; and at seventy (realizing that everything said has been misunderstood) one keeps quiet and is taken for a sage.
Joseph Campbell; Myths to LIve By Seven months to go before I will have to shut up. Annie |
| | | alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Stages of Life Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:26 am | |
| No Ann,
Never quit talking! It would be so boring and disheartening without your wise, optimistic prognostications. |
| | | Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Stages of Life Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:45 am | |
| Guess I'd better shut up, Ann, unless you have something for those on their way to eighty. Perhaps it will be: At eighty one can say anything they want and not remember what they said. |
| | | alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Stages of Life Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:16 am | |
| Abe, Do not shut up--talk more! |
| | | Don Stephens Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1355 Registration date : 2008-01-25 Age : 85 Location : Wherever my hat's hanging today!
| Subject: Re: Stages of Life Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:37 pm | |
| I guess I should have shut up a long time ago!
My Dad used to have a saying, "It's better to sit and be quiet and let people think you're stupid, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!"
There have been many times when I believe I should have followed his philosophy. |
| | | alice Five Star Member
Number of posts : 15672 Registration date : 2008-10-22 Age : 76 Location : Redmond, WA
| Subject: Re: Stages of Life Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:46 pm | |
| Don,
Come on! Think what a bore it would be if we all quit talking.
I have talked the most and said the stupidest things. If I say I will quit you all would know I was lying.
I missed you when you weren't here. |
| | | Don Stephens Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1355 Registration date : 2008-01-25 Age : 85 Location : Wherever my hat's hanging today!
| Subject: Re: Stages of Life Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:50 pm | |
| - alice wrote:
- Don,
I missed you when you weren't here. Thanks Alice, that was nice! |
| | | Shelagh Admin
Number of posts : 12662 Registration date : 2008-01-11 Location : UK
| Subject: Re: Stages of Life Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:06 am | |
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| | | Abe F. March Five Star Member
Number of posts : 10768 Registration date : 2008-01-26 Age : 85 Location : Germany
| Subject: Re: Stages of Life Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:23 am | |
| Don, I'm waiting for the sequel. Will it happen in 2013? |
| | | Don Stephens Five Star Member
Number of posts : 1355 Registration date : 2008-01-25 Age : 85 Location : Wherever my hat's hanging today!
| Subject: Re: Stages of Life Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:09 pm | |
| Abe,
I have two outlined, one for the HALO series and a follow up to DEATH RIDER. Now that I'm back up and healthy, hopefully the spirit will move me to begin writing again. |
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