We must not dismiss ourselves just because we are old!
It
is a fact that old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill
every time.
From
T.E. Lawrence (as in Lawrence, of Arabia, who achieved great things in
war as a young man):
“We
were fond together because of the sweep of open places, the taste of
wide winds, the sunlight, and the hopes in which we worked.
The
morning freshness of the world-to-be intoxicated us.
We
were wrought up with ideas inexpressible and vaporous, but to be
fought for.
We
lived many lives in those whirling campaigns, never sparing
ourselves:
yet
when we achieved and the new world dawned, the old men came out again
and took our victory to remake in the likeness of the former
world they knew.
Youth
could win, but had not learned to keep, and was pitiably weak against
age.
We
stammered that we had worked for a new heaven and a new earth, and
they thanked us kindly and made their peace.”
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Of course there is little or no appreciation for our awesome treachery when we are old,
but power is power.
And power feels good.
Thank you for showing up to visit.
It means a lot to me,
Riverwatch
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