Autumn

Here are the Facts:

You know. . . Time has a way of moving so quickly and caught me unaware of the passing years.

It seems just yesterday that I was young, 

In a way, that seems like eons ago,

And I wonder where all the years went. 

I know that I lived them all...

Up until a few years ago I didn't even think about my future or what life had in store for me it was simply an adventure to be lived day by day. And I did just that. Look for yourself.

How did I get here so fast? 

Where did the years go and what happened to my youth?

I remember well... 

Seeing older people through the years and thinking that those Older people were years away from me and that autumn was so far away that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would even be like... 

But, here it is... 

My friends are retired and getting grey... 

They move slower and as I see an older person now. 

Some are in better and some worse shape than me... 

But, I see the great change... 

Not like the ones that I remember when I was young and vibrant... 

                                                               

But, like me, their age is beginning to show and I am now them. Older folks that I used to see and never thought I'd become. 

Each day now, I find that just taking a short walk is the real goal for the day!  And getting a full nights sleep without having to get up so many times to take a piss would be a real treat.

And so, now I enter into this autumn season of my life unprepared . With all the aches and pains, complications from diabetes and the loss of strength and ability . Unable to go and do things that I planned to do next. I would really like to ride my motorcycle out west just one more time.

But, at least I know, that though my autumn has come,

And I'm not sure how long it will last... 

This I know, that when it's over... Its over...

Yes, I have regrets.

There are things I wish I hadn't done... Like staying drunk for about 20 years of my life. And I wish I had never smoked a single cigarette.

But this life has been a real trip for me. I have been blessed with success, love and adventures. Mostly because I planned it that way.

It's all in a lifetime...God gave me this miracle  of life and I took it and made the most of it. I was never like a ship without a rudder, meandering around. I always had a port of call, a direction, a purpose and a plan.

So, if you're not in your autumn yet... 

Let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. 

Whatever you would like to accomplish in your life, please do it quickly! 

Don't put things off too long!! 

Life goes by quickly. 

So, do what you can today, Plan your life, then work your plan. Work hard and when you play. Play hard.

My off springs and the youth that met me will remember me as one, full  of life with dignity, honor and duty. A just and fair man. 

What I am is a gift from my Creator. I have never expected God to give me anything else. However the way I lived my life and the example I have set with it has been my gift to God!

 Some day my autumn will come and this force field   that has a spirit that God made in His image inside me will die and I shall dwell in the house of my Lord forever. 

I am and have been a pilgrim on this planet, my journey has had it's ups and downs but I look forward to that short trip out of this darkness into the great light of knowledge and eternal life, with my Father and His Son.