Is It Time to Give Up Yet?

Red Neck Time Table

If you are 60 and you haven't grown up--you can quit trying. It's too late.

I disagree! At this time, you may still have 40 years or more to do something good if you shape up and pay attention to your responsibilities. Besides that, the longer our average life extension is the more opportunities the social scientists have to expand the scope of stage development. At this time, George Vaillant identifies a stage beginning in the eighties and nineties.  

More avenues to explore, more things to accomplish, more mountains to climb or, at least view, sounds like it would make for a more interesting and exciting old age. I certainly don't want to quit trying. Sometimes, I want to take it slower and smell the roses, so to speak, but I still want to work at it, to have a product to show for my effort.

If you, like me, have retired from the field of battle, no longer raising kids, going to work, or fighting traffic, don't just lie there. The world is waiting for your input and your joy. NO! It's not time to give up! It's time to relish, to love, to remember, let'em know you were here. It ain't over till it's over.