My younger son was amazed and chagrined to think that I lived during the time when the Beatles were so prominent in our culture and I MISSED it all!! I was in another world at the time. Being a committed seminarian, trying hard to become a priest that would make a difference, I never saw any value in the Beatles! Amazing!
Now, here I am in more senior years going down the street with Franklin (our dog) smoking a great Gurka cigar and listening to the new album of the Eagles on my great birthday present of an IPOD! If not the Eagles, I am listening to Bruce Springsteen’s Magic album.
Age is often considered a liability. However, it can be a time to rectify the misperceptions of youth. With adult children to provide the tools (IPODs are just unbelievable creative technology) to be involved with another world of music that I have somehow missed in the past.
One can never undo the past, but if you are fortunate to live long enough, you may get involved in another aspect of life missed in youth.
I am so thankful for my IPOD and my adult children and their loving and thoughtful spouses. How fortunate can a person be!
No comments:
Post a Comment