AN INTERESTING PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE

I was re-reading William Least Heat Moon's "Blue Highways" and came across this scene between Moon and an old-timer in an RV camper on Hat Creek in CA. The old-timer hands Moon a business card from a cafe in Merced, CA from when telephone numbers were 4-digits and tells him to turn the card over to see his "philosophy of life".

"I have been bawled out, balled up, held up, held down, hung up, bulldozed, blackjacked, walked on, cheated, squeezed and mooched; stuck for war tax, excess profits tax, sales tax, dog tax, and syntax, Liberty Bonds, baby bonds, and the bonds of matrimony, Red Cross, Blue Cross, and the double cross; I've worked like heck, worked others like heck, have got drunk and got others drunk, lost all I had, and now because I won't spend or lend what little I earn, beg, borrow or steal, I've been cussed, discussed, boycotted, talked to, talked about, lied to, lied about, worked over, pushed around, robbed, and darn near ruined. The only reason I'm sticking around now is to see ...... WHAT THE heck COMES NEXT!"

I think there's beginning to be a little bit of truth in this for those of us over 65 .....

The wife to see what you are reading
Sean