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LiberalLoner

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12. I'm glad you are hanging in there, physically. I got my hopes up with Star Trek and the
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 12:20 AM
Dec 2024

Moral lessons from the Twilight Zone too. And the dawning of the age of Aquarius…

I’ve been watching us go in the wrong direction since 1980. I was born in 1961 so I saw some of the optimistic times.

Interestingly, to me anyway, peak energy coincided with the start of the decline of our nation. As the pie started getting smaller, things got worse and worse.

But I’m old now. I feel sorry for the younger people. I’ve had cancer and have MS/transverse myelitis. Chronic kidney disease. I really doubt I have more than ten or fifteen years ahead of me. I rather hope I don’t have more than a year or two ahead of me, to be honest.

But I guess I will take it one minute at a time. For today, I have a bed to sleep in, a roof over my head, food to eat, access to medical care, and a vehicle. That makes me luckier and wealthier than 75% of the rest of the world.

So I’m okay, today.

Hope you are okay today too.

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Looks like time is growing short now. [View all] OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 OP
Of course you have value and valuable things to offer Laurelin Dec 2024 #1
Thanks. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #5
Dear sweet baldy XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #2
Thanks. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #6
It's easy for a complete stranger to say this Schlocko Dec 2024 #3
I am trying to find a way to justify that. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #7
Sounds like you might have some chronic condition Schlocko Dec 2024 #10
Tried twice. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #11
Well, that sucks. Schlocko Dec 2024 #13
Thanks. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #15
I'm so sorry. I wish I knew how to make things better. LiberalLoner Dec 2024 #4
You said something. That is already more help than I get from some circles. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #8
Okay, here is an update... OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #9
I'm glad you are hanging in there, physically. I got my hopes up with Star Trek and the LiberalLoner Dec 2024 #12
'Okay' is debatable, but I am still here. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #14
Thank you ❤️💚❤️💚 LiberalLoner Dec 2024 #16
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