60 years on from 1960
I catch myself pondering the meaning of life. What’s it all about? Why are we here? Are we here just to procreate? Are we here to make the world a better place for us and our future?
Who is going to tell us what we are here for? Where do we go when we are not here any more?
It seems like the decades from 1960 have just crashed into one another and we just landed at 2020. I am learning to accept mistakes are an inevitable part of the adventures of life.
Santa is a different guy now and arrives in the middle of the night when all kids are asleep. The elf on the shelf reports all behaviours to Santa for weeks before Christmas and the presents are quite different too.
Long gone are the sewing sets, dolls houses, train sets and LEGO. Now it is iPads and Xbox and more technology than my older brain can handle.
The Murphy girls have long since grown up and have families of their own and now grandchildren too. The hair on their heads now show their age by there many shades of grey. 50 shades of grey, ha, ha.
One went on to be a nurse, one a teacher and 2 secretaries/ account administrators. They all have a bit of arthritis, high cholesterol and other inherited medical conditions, but still manage to keep busy with work and voluntary jobs in the community. Their spirits are still as high as they used to be in 1960 when Santa came to visit.
I sometimes wonder where the years have gone in what seems like the blink of an eye and what have I to show for the past 60 years. Look back but don’t stare, so they say.
Looking back with 2020 vision what would I change? I would eat more ice cream, climb more mountains, sing in the shower, read more books, be more fearless, watch the candyfloss type clouds go by and worry less about what others think.
Now I plan my bucket list and it has got longer and longer over the last few years. And the only thing ticked off my list is a visit to Titanic in Belfast. What on earth have I been doing?
What would I change? It’s really what has happened in the last 60 years has made me the person I am today. That I would not change, even with 2020 vision.
Memories.