Don't Ever Give Up That Childhood Wonder

I love what you have written.  It is no time to give up the childhood wonder.  I think that is why I love being with my grandchildren so much.  I love to go to Disney.  Yes and let's not give up the American Dream.

Oh yeah!  The big "50" this year!  Ha ha ha!  Not feeling much like an old foggie!  Rather new, refreshed, revitalized, time for me to pursue what I want to do, to see, or to be!  Look out world!  I'm ready to dig my toes in the sand, or squish them in the mud, or have a waterfight!  I am ready for some me time,..... can you say midlife?  ;-).  What?  A little too much?  Hey, that is what childlike is all about!

Gary, when I started blogging three years ago, it opened me up to a HUGE new world. Just the social media and social networking keeps me hopping!

Hi Gary - I don't think about my age - inside I don't feel as old as my birthdays indicate, and I intend to ignore what my birth certificate says and just keep working and having fun! 

Childhood blunders and wonders...when my daughter was little, she used to ask elderly people: 'how young are you?' I tried to tell her that was rude, but she reasoned that they always asked 'how old are you?' to children---so she thought this was the correct thing to say. Thanks for the post!

My wife has been waiting for me to grow up for years!

Gary..Be young at heart .. Age is a state of mind ..I to have been around many people who have reached milestones ..young people who are old and old people who are young ..it is a state of mind if you are young at heart !

HelpfulHannah

Gary, I'm all over that!!!!  People will always ask me "how old was ________? And I don't usually know, because I don't look at people that way.  My spiritual age changes all of the time...moment to moment.

My mom will be 80 on July 7th. I NEVER look at her and think, Oh my gosh, EIGHTY--S**T SHE'S OLD! Because she doesn't feel that way. Humor, a good attitude, exercise, moderation in most everything (I can't say that about smoking--SORRY NO CIGARETTES, EVER....)keeping your mind active--dancing is supposed to do that because you are learning steps, routines and therefore using your mind while toning your body. Mom still dances with women her age and is aiming for 120--she thinks she'll make it. You never know, she COULD!

Gary- If you see life through the eyes of a child with the experience of an adult- you have the best of both! Kids bring out the inner child in us all- their sense of wonderment. awe, and eagerness to discover the world around them. We can learn as much from them as they will learn from us.

Hi Gary - I think I'm only 35 but my arthritis tells me otherwise ;-) I'm going ziplining at the Zoo now!

Gary

Enjoyed this post.  I always have enjoyed yours. I have been preoccupied for a while but am back in the AR swing and look forward to reading more.  I am a "wonder" person particularly when it comes to nature.

Gary,

There is a photo of me sitting on a counter at the Portgage Herald, the news paper I worked for in high school and college when I wake up I am that 19 year old! There is another of my Great Grand Father speaking on his 100th birthday, when I move I wounder how I got older than Great Grandpa.

Bill

Gary I have a mental block where I cannot count my age anymore. When people and friends ask I have to think and calculate it out, taking a few minutes. They think its amnesia or fear of growing old. I tell them its just a number and no longer important to me.

I'm this many... you can tell by the wall in my office.