(#6044) Turning 70 today is kind of nice

      I know that the age is well along in my timeline but for me it is something that has been at the back of my mind. I was born at 3:46 in the pm today 70 years ago so specifically I am still 69 until later this afternoon. However generally we get to say we are a new age at the moment that day is turned on the calendar. I will take the general description. As the first day of the new decade of the seventies has arrived I am revitalized in the innocence of it. I am a freshly minted septuagenarian. I am proud to have achieved this milestone of age in life.
     I think of all those who have passed and are not around while I still am. A moment of reflection on how my life has evolved and who was in it that made my life memorable. Persons of great character and at times really wild behavior. I was born well before the technology boom and so living life outside with others was the measure of how we learned and experienced. I have so many memories of experiences that could only have come about because of the energy and effort we expended together on the fly. Seldom did we plan much ahead and mostly made our way by the seats of our pants.
     This world we live in now is dependent upon staged and orchestrated events that draw us in but don't tax our imaginations like the vanguard we had to make up. It is a different time and that is not a devaluation just a fact. I do admire the utility of ease that has grown over the years in some respects but abhor the struggle of others that never seems to end. All told the world is in a better place now but there are still some dangers out there that could reverse that trend. As far as my mental and physical states go they are up to the challenge of learning new paradigms while also holding to trusted values. The mind is willing however the body is less so and that I cannot do much about at this later stage in my timeline.