Lessons people most often learn too late in life?
By Jay Bazzinotti
1. Time passes much more quickly than you realize.
2. If you don’t take care of your body early then it won’t take
care of you later. Your world becomes smaller each day as you lose mobility,
continence and sight.
3. Sex and beauty may fade, but intimacy and friendship only grow.
4. People are far more important than any other thing in your
life. No hobby, interest, book, work is going to be as important to you as the
people you spend time with as you get older.
5. Money talks. It says “Goodbye.” If you don’t plan your
finances for later in life, you’ll wish you had.
6. Any seeds you planted in the past, either good or bad, will
begin to bear fruit and affect the quality of your life as you get older — for
better or worse.
7. Jealousy is a wasted emotion. People you hate are going to
succeed. People you like are going to sometimes do better than you did. Kids
are going to be smarter and quicker than you are. Accept it with grace.
8. That big house you had to have becomes a bigger and bigger
burden, even as the mortgage gets smaller. The cleaning, the maintenance, the
stairs — all of it. Don’t let your possessions own you.
9. You will badly regret the things you didn’t do far more than
the things you did that were “wrong” — the girl you didn’t kiss, the trip you
didn’t take, the project you kept putting off, the time you could have helped
someone. If you get the chance — do it. You may never get the chance again.
10. Every day you wake up is a victory.
Bonus: It’s never too late to become what you wanted to be or
might have been if you start now.
Jay Bazzinotti is a computer networking expert
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