Now that I get, but I don't think it's new. We all have thought
ourselves somehow immune, in that our inner vision of self tends to
trail a long way behind the actual aging process....
I keep forgetting to let anyone know I'm a 'senior' (with all the
discounts) just because I forget to think of myself as being one....
Doug
On 3-Aug-06, at 11:54 AM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> I still, nevertheless, find myself dismissing 'old' people - before I
> come
> up short and realize I am dismissing myself. Which seems miles from my
> pleasures, etc. of being here, writing up a storm, etc. You can kill
> your
> life believing stupid thoughts, etc.
Douglas Barbour
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Perhaps, after all,
there is no polite way to withdraw
from the privilege of the first person.
Méira Cook
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