I haven't been on TOL for quite a while, because, my interests have carried me off into the political realm. I've been discussing my political beliefs with others on YouTube for the most part. While doing so, I've interjected my Christian points of view on the President and the state that our country is presently in. Allow me to wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I just turned 67 years old on Christmas day and spent Christmas and my Birthday with my Family, which includes one Granddaughter (age 3) and one Grandson. (age 6) Since turning 67 yesterday, I just noticed how a three and a six-year-old can be a joy as well as "draining" to have around for a few hours of celebration.
I suppose I'm beginning to feel my "Chronological Age" at this point. Not just physically, but, emotionally and mentally. After my Son and his wife left with the two Kids, I felt totally drained and tired. The Grandson likes to crawl all over me "Papa" on my Recliner. He's at that age where he's extremely "Hyper-active" and full of energy. Well, "Papa" is no longer hyperactive nor full of energy. I've given into the fact that I'm now a bonafide "Senior Citizen" and feel every bit of it. I was going strong up until I hit fifty years old and it was downhill after that. My bones and joints aren't what they used to be and, my health is fair to middling. If you haven't already noticed you will in time, that as you grow older, the Medicine Cabinet grows in volume, and you tend to like to stay at home, more.
Gone are the days when you suddenly got the urge to get in the Car and go get some fast food or go to a movie, etc. You become satisfied just to sit in your "easy chair" and watch the Cable News or watch a movie. Your Docter tells you not to drink a lot of "Soda pop" which only strengthens your desire for a six-pack of Pepsi or Coke. One tries their best to watch their calorie intake, however, all you desire to do is "Watch the calories jump from the plate and into your Stomach." You're warned to get up and walk around more which only drives you to do the opposite. You watch Prescription commercials 24/7 and see what they'll do to make your life easier and last longer. The problem is, a couple of years or so will go by and you'll see the same "Medicine commercial" only this time they're telling you; "If you or anyone you know, have taken, (this or that medication)and have suffered a massive Heart attack,Stroke or death, please call the following number!" It usually happens with most of the "Drugs" they're trying to push these days. Then, you get the "T.V. Doctors" telling you that everything you eat, drink, place on your body and breathe, is going to hasten your demise. Of course, the healthy Doctor warning you, is about twenty or thirty-something years old and is in "Tip-Top" shape.
Television commercials push delicious looking "Fast foods" for your perusal and they do so after you've witnessed another commercial about, "Eating right foods in order to stay healthy." The conflicts and contradictions are innumerable. The amazing thing is, the News announced that some 22-year-old Athlete, leading a healthy life, suddenly and without any known cause, dropped dead. Within a few days of that "Tragic News" you hear that a 100-year-old, morbidly obese, smoker, heavy drinker, and former drug addicted Actor, dies of "Natural Causes." How are we to "process that? One lives at the pinnacle of human physicality and suddenly and without cause drops dead at twenty-two, whereas, the guy who lived it up during his time on earth, and dies of "Natural causes" at one hundred years old? What are the "Health Professionals" REALLY trying to tell us?
Well, I could go, on and on, however, I'd really like to hear from the rest of you?
I suppose I'm beginning to feel my "Chronological Age" at this point. Not just physically, but, emotionally and mentally. After my Son and his wife left with the two Kids, I felt totally drained and tired. The Grandson likes to crawl all over me "Papa" on my Recliner. He's at that age where he's extremely "Hyper-active" and full of energy. Well, "Papa" is no longer hyperactive nor full of energy. I've given into the fact that I'm now a bonafide "Senior Citizen" and feel every bit of it. I was going strong up until I hit fifty years old and it was downhill after that. My bones and joints aren't what they used to be and, my health is fair to middling. If you haven't already noticed you will in time, that as you grow older, the Medicine Cabinet grows in volume, and you tend to like to stay at home, more.
Gone are the days when you suddenly got the urge to get in the Car and go get some fast food or go to a movie, etc. You become satisfied just to sit in your "easy chair" and watch the Cable News or watch a movie. Your Docter tells you not to drink a lot of "Soda pop" which only strengthens your desire for a six-pack of Pepsi or Coke. One tries their best to watch their calorie intake, however, all you desire to do is "Watch the calories jump from the plate and into your Stomach." You're warned to get up and walk around more which only drives you to do the opposite. You watch Prescription commercials 24/7 and see what they'll do to make your life easier and last longer. The problem is, a couple of years or so will go by and you'll see the same "Medicine commercial" only this time they're telling you; "If you or anyone you know, have taken, (this or that medication)and have suffered a massive Heart attack,Stroke or death, please call the following number!" It usually happens with most of the "Drugs" they're trying to push these days. Then, you get the "T.V. Doctors" telling you that everything you eat, drink, place on your body and breathe, is going to hasten your demise. Of course, the healthy Doctor warning you, is about twenty or thirty-something years old and is in "Tip-Top" shape.
Television commercials push delicious looking "Fast foods" for your perusal and they do so after you've witnessed another commercial about, "Eating right foods in order to stay healthy." The conflicts and contradictions are innumerable. The amazing thing is, the News announced that some 22-year-old Athlete, leading a healthy life, suddenly and without any known cause, dropped dead. Within a few days of that "Tragic News" you hear that a 100-year-old, morbidly obese, smoker, heavy drinker, and former drug addicted Actor, dies of "Natural Causes." How are we to "process that? One lives at the pinnacle of human physicality and suddenly and without cause drops dead at twenty-two, whereas, the guy who lived it up during his time on earth, and dies of "Natural causes" at one hundred years old? What are the "Health Professionals" REALLY trying to tell us?
Well, I could go, on and on, however, I'd really like to hear from the rest of you?
