tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715049094354778809.post7634082011978546209..comments2023-06-04T16:25:16.708+01:00Comments on Pay Now Live Later: Role the DiceMethuselahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134860337125242027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715049094354778809.post-32359687104302734142009-09-14T16:51:50.098+01:002009-09-14T16:51:50.098+01:00Thanks David - nice to have a comment on my first ...Thanks David - nice to have a comment on my first ever blog post. I can see how the mellowness of age can mitigate the loss of power - which is easy to see in how chilled out many elderly folk are. I guess the supposed fear for me comes when (or rather if) a state of affairs arises where the number of sunrises becomes numbered as a result of actions in my youth.Methuselahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134860337125242027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715049094354778809.post-19736123036772609932009-09-14T15:21:33.329+01:002009-09-14T15:21:33.329+01:00The French, as always it seems, have a saying for ...The French, as always it seems, have a saying for this, which roughly translated goes "if the young only knew, if the old only could ".<br /><br />As someone who recently reached 61, I acknowledge that there can be some bitterness about not being able to do things which were once possible, but for me this is tempered by a mellowness and ability to keep things in proportion. However dreadful or disastrous something may seem, at my age you realise that the sun is still going to rise tomorrow morning. A cliche maybe, but one of value.DavidYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577949603237728079noreply@blogger.com