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Happy Birthday To Me... Today I turn 50
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Turning 50 50 may be the new 40 But 40’s not a half century;
I was born in an analog age When writers wrote on typewriters Vinyl records spun on turntables And family photos, like TV, were in black & whit The world was different Not necessarily better, just different We worried about the Soviet Union And Communist China;
I don’t have a clear memory of the day JFK was killed Though I do remember when Martin Luther King was shot And RFK went down in LA I remember the Watts riots TV images of Newark and Detroit in flames No adult I knew could explain why these events Happened;
I watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon And the Vietnam War unfold on our TV I remember the Oil Embargo of ‘73 Nixon & Watergate The Vice President with the funny name – Spiro Agnew;
I’ve now lived long enough to know That the sum of what I know Is less than the sum of what I don’t And that I’ll never know all I’d like to;
So what else have I learned in 50 years? Life is fleeting Knowledge is easy, wisdom is hard Ask for what you want Don’t wait for the planets to align to begin something People and places are seldom what they appear at first blush We’re all searching for answers Life is frequently cruel, brutal, violent, heart-breaking, Incomprehensible, sad, ridiculous, hilarious and Beautiful;
We come into this world naked and alone Leave the same way Our end is known at the beginning And the only uncertainty is the hour and circumstance Of our departure The time in between is brief, best measured in minutes Not years What matters are those we love and what we do;
OK, the calendar says I’m 50 But as far as I’m concerned I’m just getting started.... !!!!!!!!!
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