I was born while Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson were crisscrossing the country seeking votes as the Presidential candidates for their respective parties. I arrived before the voters' verdict that November. Sometimes, timing is everything.
I've surprised myself by living as long as I have, considering the type of personality I have and the lifestyle choices I've made. As James McMurtry (whom I'm hoping to see perform in Fairfield, Connecticut on 10 September (I'm a little revved about that, can you tell?)) offered, "There's more in the mirror than there is up ahead" which is as perfect a description of life as we know it as I think you'll ever find anywhere.
When I do look back at everything those of my age have learned, unlearned, and often relearned again (and sometimes more than once again) as times, tools, and technology have changed, it's pretty awesome and has been quite a ride.
I take nothing for granted anymore; that's sometimes thought of as wisdom which really is time multiplied by experience. And anytime I'm feeling cocky (only happens during waking hours) about being ready for what's next, I encounter an old-time (my teenage years) news clip that settles me right down again.
Makes me wonder what's around the next bend. I guess we'll know when we know.
-bill kenny
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