We all age.Some of us even get old.But we don’t have to.
I was privileged to know Colonel Harland Sanders, the poster boy for late bloomers.He was successful not because he served up pressure fried chicken coated in 11 secret herbs and spices, but because he had a story to tell.Col. Sanders took that story on the road when he was 65 and continued to tell it so long as he had breath, dying of pneumonia at 90.And his story became his company’s story and remains part of our story.
Share your story here.Once it’s here, though, it belongs to the world.If you have copyright concerns, don’t post here, because you’re letting go.
This site was conceived to attract baby boomers and 60 plussers who have something to say, more to give, and a whole lot more living to do. But anyone can post. No age discrimination here! Energy and the ambition to try something new or different don’t have to be limited by the calendar.The half step or half second slower of a professional athlete still leaves 99% of us standing with our shoes nailed to the floor.Just because you have lost a beat from your prime doesn’t mean you can’t show the world your dust.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
"When you start to die, don't"
Frank Buckles, the 108-year-old last surviving veteran of World War I (the lol "war to end all wars"), says the secret to a long life is "when you start to die, don’t.” Post your long life secret here!
I want to stay around at least that long just to see what happens. I marvel at what has transpired in my lifetime and can't wait to see what comes up next - TV, 8-tracks, audio cassetes, VHS, CDs, DVDs, MP3 players, Ipods, a man on the moon, then another and another, the Mars rover, the Baby Boomers, X gen, Y gen, Millenials and on and on.
I want to stay around at least that long just to see what happens. I marvel at what has transpired in my lifetime and can't wait to see what comes up next - TV, 8-tracks, audio cassetes, VHS, CDs, DVDs, MP3 players, Ipods, a man on the moon, then another and another, the Mars rover, the Baby Boomers, X gen, Y gen, Millenials and on and on.
ReplyDeleteWow!
Jim Watkins