What are you waiting for?

Here's good news for people my age: Did you know that the new freshman class in college this year was born in 1986? What the hell! I hate to say it but I do have shoes older than that. It seems that '86 is just a blink of an eye away. What a rip-off. With momentum, life truly speeds up. In grade school class would end at 2:30. You would sit at your desk at 2:25 and suffer thru the longest 5 minutes of your life. That short amount of time could seem like years. You felt each second. Come on I've got serious playing to do. Jeff is gonna show us where he found a dead frog yesterday. Bugs Bunny cartoons start at 3:00. I have left over soda in the ice box. Now twenty years can pass in a second. This whole age thing is very sneaky. We look at ourselves everyday and don't even notice the changes. That whole aging process. I look in the mirror and I see a twenty-year old. Not some pudgy forty-something with the start of grey hair. I said start of grey hair to make myself feel better. Truth is it's been graying for quite awhile. But anyway, is that it? What do I do now? Wait for retirement, then wait to die? Well Mr Time you can kiss my big old ass! Ever hear of Michangelo? He was kinda a famous artist. Painted some building called the Sistine Chapel. Had to lay on his back to paint it. Had to lay on his back on top on wooden scaffoding 100 feet above the floor. Took him over two years to do it. Oh yeah he was 89 years old when he started that little job. You know what that says to me? There is no retirement. You want life? Find what you love to do and do it 'till you can't do it no more. As far as anyone truly knows this little life play were in is it. There may be golden trumpets after death (no one knows for sure). There may be reincanation (but if you do come back you won't know it). But as far as anyone really knows, this life is it. No do overs. Is there some place you want to go? Then go there. What are you waiting for? A room upgrade? Who cares what kind of room you get. Your not going to be in it that long anyway. Just go. If you go now you won't be able to eat at the finest restaurants there. So what. Don't you get it? You'll be there. Like I always say: If your car breaks down at the beach do you get upset that your car won't start, or do you say, "hey I'm at the beach". Maybe your just waiting till you get a little bit older. Well guess what? You are.