Stages of Life

Subject: Stages of Life Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:07 am

Quote :: 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. Stages of Life 144397

Annie

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.

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. Very Happy

Subject: Re: Stages of Life Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:16 am

Abe,

Do not shut up--talk more!

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.

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.

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!

Subject: Re: Stages of Life Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:06 am

We all missed you, Don.

Subject: Re: Stages of Life Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:23 am

Don, I'm waiting for the sequel. Will it happen in 2013?

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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