When I was young my parents told me that I would wish I had this time to live again. I have to say that I thought they were a bit senile. Who in their right mind would want to live with no TV, cell phone or Facebook? Who wants to fish in clean water, breathe unpolluted air, or play in the middle of the street without harm? Who needs to sleep through a silent night or wake early to play in dew covered grass? Who needs simplicity, friends …family? Why would I long to hug my father, to kiss my mother’s brow, to tell my brothers and sisters I love them.
“Not me,” said the ignorance of youth.
Very true. A few days for all of that and to run barefoot in that dewy grass would be wonderful.
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Thanks for dropping by my friend.
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Oh, the “ignorance of youth”, the things I wish I could take back. Simplicity, family, and friends, that’s what it all boils down to, isn’t it? I read this and then felt a great need to go call my mother, something I should do more of.
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I am so glad that it reached you. Yes, you should call those that you hold dear often.
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So true and well said!
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Thank you dear friend.
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You are very welcome.
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Yes, Jerry, this is a time in particular when all love should be celebrated, not just romantic love.
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You are so right my friend.
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Yes, so true…we live and learn.
We Well-Seasoned adults long for some of the simpler times, simpler things, simpler people. Sigh.
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Thanks my dear friend. I wonder, will our grandchildren grow up wishing that it was 2017 again… a time when things were simpler?
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I think they will some day.
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Youth…. and for us: Patience… until they wish the simple things 💕
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Oh if we only knew, or understood in our youth. Great post.
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Right!
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Great post, Jerry!! So true! We didn’t know the intrinsic value of what we had, did we??
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