By Daniel Rigney
If you know someone who's in the vicinity of his or her 65th birthday and needs cake for thought, you might pass these along.
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P.S.: How did I forget Medicare? Sincere thanks, much-maligned government.
If you know someone who's in the vicinity of his or her 65th birthday and needs cake for thought, you might pass these along.
1. 1.
You’re younger today than you’ll ever be. Celebrate your relative
youth. (This will also be true, incidentally, for every subsequent
birthday.)
2. 2. You suddenly qualify for more discounts than you’ve ever received before.
3. 3.
If you retire at 65, you’ll enjoy more freedom of speech than when you
were employed and had to keep more thoughts to yourself. Free speech
begins at retirement, sort of.
4. 4.
Having completed 65 trips around the sun, you’re better-traveled than
younger folks. You make young astronauts look like local yokels.
5. 5. After 260 seasons, you have a well-seasoned life. You’ve never been more experienced.
6. 6.
You have the wisdom to know that when young people make fun of older
generations, they’re just making fun of themselves in a few decades.
7. 7.
If you’ve had a painful past, you now realize the past no longer
exists, technically, nor do the original pains themselves. All that’s
left are memory traces, and those are fading.
8.
You've beaten everyone younger than you in the race to reach 65. Award
yourself a shiny medal. As long as they live, no one younger than you
will ever beat you to this goal.
9. 9. There are worse things in life than turning 65. Rejoice in your good fortune.
10. Please help me think of a tenth good thing. I’m running out of mental tricks.Danagram
P.S.: How did I forget Medicare? Sincere thanks, much-maligned government.
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