I had 2 of my best friends and their families over for dinner. Nothing, fancy, quesadillas, watermelon, quacamole, shrimp coctail, veggie tray...summer "finger foods" for us & the kids. Drank iced tea & coolaid. Had great conversations, then headed out for softball game. Drank beer in the parking lot before and after the game.
There are so many times in our lives where we don't have perspective on what's going on...tonight was not one of those. I enjoyed the hell out of tonight. It was an honor to treat my friends to dinner, even if it was a crappy little throw-together meal. It was an honor to take the softball frield with my friends and drink beer in the parking lot afterward.
I want to live to be 120, but tonight was one of those nights where I felt like I was savoring life, like it wasn't passing me by, like I "got it" for a brief period. God, I love summer! I'm 36, and I'm sure I'm slower and less athletic than I was at 18, but when I play ball I feel 18 again and I appreciate life.
This isn't a commercial for playing softball, but rather a call to arms to appreciate what you have and what you can still do. It's easy to sit in front of a computer and create an artificial world where you control everything, but if you can still do any kind of physical activity, celebrate it, Man!
I'll bet any 80 year old out there would trade a 70% capping record with a "youthful" body any time. We want what the rich old geezers have, and they want what we have and don't appreciate. I'm drunk any going to bed now, I hope someone out there takes these words to heart.
There are so many times in our lives where we don't have perspective on what's going on...tonight was not one of those. I enjoyed the hell out of tonight. It was an honor to treat my friends to dinner, even if it was a crappy little throw-together meal. It was an honor to take the softball frield with my friends and drink beer in the parking lot afterward.
I want to live to be 120, but tonight was one of those nights where I felt like I was savoring life, like it wasn't passing me by, like I "got it" for a brief period. God, I love summer! I'm 36, and I'm sure I'm slower and less athletic than I was at 18, but when I play ball I feel 18 again and I appreciate life.
This isn't a commercial for playing softball, but rather a call to arms to appreciate what you have and what you can still do. It's easy to sit in front of a computer and create an artificial world where you control everything, but if you can still do any kind of physical activity, celebrate it, Man!
I'll bet any 80 year old out there would trade a 70% capping record with a "youthful" body any time. We want what the rich old geezers have, and they want what we have and don't appreciate. I'm drunk any going to bed now, I hope someone out there takes these words to heart.