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My guy and I were sitting on the wall down at Bretton Point in Newport, RI today, gorgeous day out on the bike, sitting and watching the kites flying against the brilliant blue sky, the sunlight shimmering over the ocean.
We did the math and figured that at 45 years old, if I live till I'm 90, I've got a little over 2300 weekends left to make the most of.....not that I don't do my best to make the most of every day, but that pesky job seems to get in the way of what I really consider to be my "life."
What's that saying that somebody said, I think I've seen it posted here as well...."Get busy living or get busy dying."
"Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
****** sure better than rain."
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How about, "I'm going to live forever or die trying."
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Paula somtimes you think too much. Just do it.
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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What's that saying that somebody said, I think I've seen it posted here as well...."Get busy living or get busy dying."
That line was in The Shawshank Redemption. Red was quoting Andy.
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I wish there was a simple answer to happiness then everyone would be doing it. Wouldnt that be great...........
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Let my dying thought be that every mile was fun and let my tombstone read,"They never made one fast enough for me."
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Let my dying thought be that every mile was fun and let my tombstone read,"They never made one fast enough for me."
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Paula somtimes you think too much. Just do it.
Making up for all the times I didn't think enough..... 
"Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
****** sure better than rain."
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Just get out and do
Whether it's riding, spending time with friends and family (though that can be combined), or chiling, just do.
You say that you have x weekends left....thats subject ot not getting hit by a bus, a car, a van etc... or anything else...
Don't think about it.
Gina
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I plan on getting hit by a beer truck Gina, a bus or van just won't do!!! 
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My current signature line ...
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. --Ferris Bueller--
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I plan on getting hit by a beer truck Gina, a bus or van just won't do!!!
As someone who has been hit by car twice: I don't reccommend it! 
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I got hit buy a car..... go and see my pics to find out what it did to the bike...
Hence why life is for living.
Gina
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06 America - missing, presumed in bits. With it's TBS wheel...
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I've been hit by a car once, and I wouldn't recommend it either, but a beer truck, well.... Perhaps a few flagons of the stuff would roll out of the back and at least then I'd have something to make my last moments more pleasurable.... 
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Paula somtimes you think too much. Just do it.
Making up for all the times I didn't think enough.....
 great come back!!!
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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Forget math, if your looking back at something you can't change, you aint looking ahead at something you can.
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Math doesn't matter life matters. You know what they say. If you got one foot in tomorrow and one in yesterday your pi**ing all over today.
My mind and body are still out of tune
I hope they run into each other real soon "
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I wish there was a simple answer to happiness then everyone would be doing it. Wouldnt that be great...........
Andy 
Gandhi: "Happiness is when what you think, what you
say, and what you do are in harmony
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Everything is relative. Without hardship you wouldn't know what happiness is. Yin and Yang. Simple.
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NINETY???!!!
Have you REALLY thought this thing through, Paula?!
I don't know about you, but another old saying has just popped into my little head regarding this topic...."If I knew I'd live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself!"(I think it was good ol' Sam Clemens who first said that, but I could be wrong)
Heck! I'd be happy with an even 80!!!
(but check back with me about this in some 24 years from now when I'm 79, okay?!...I COULD be wrong about that TOO)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Well, According to this: Age calculator I have a "real" age of 37.8 and can expect to live to 90.2
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I plan on getting hit by a beer truck Gina, a bus or van just won't do!!!
I wouldn't advise that
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