tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032376069218624542.post7187101207225868329..comments2023-09-17T15:44:55.446-04:00Comments on My Wandering Mind: InnocenceJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285427147723972295noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032376069218624542.post-30170079083865275112011-12-01T23:05:13.155-05:002011-12-01T23:05:13.155-05:00Jenn...Personally, I don't mind trading in my ...Jenn...Personally, I don't mind trading in my innocence for some wisdom. There is no going back, except in our memories.<br /><br />Kathy...Thank you darlin'...being brilliant is always a good thing! ♥<br /><br />Joyce...It is kind of sad, but as I told Jenn, we gain wisdom with experience, so it's a fair trade, I think.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285427147723972295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032376069218624542.post-10461799164074300422011-12-01T19:57:21.329-05:002011-12-01T19:57:21.329-05:00Yes, we definitely lose innocence with age... but ...Yes, we definitely lose innocence with age... but it's kind of sad too.<br /><br />Joyce<br />http://joycelansky.blogspot.com/2011/12/writers-post-innocence-middle-school.htmlCatch My Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338761214938263819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032376069218624542.post-77702748913590286082011-12-01T14:11:52.142-05:002011-12-01T14:11:52.142-05:00This is a wonderfully exhaustive look at innocence...This is a wonderfully exhaustive look at innocence! Absolutely brilliant!<br /><br />Kathy<br />HTTP:gigglingtruckerswife.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564863484894692249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032376069218624542.post-68499815197585502152011-12-01T02:34:58.232-05:002011-12-01T02:34:58.232-05:00Well done Jo--
I think there is something simpler...Well done Jo--<br /><br />I think there is something simpler--and perhaps nostalgic about innocence--once lost it is never to be regained--sort of a rites of passage thing. And yet--I can think back to that time of innocence--when I didn't understand all this world had to offer--and think of how carefree life was. Ahh--but then we grow up--and lose some of that which kept us naive and we learn the hard way that once it is lost--there is no going back :) Cheers, Jenn.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559573562599754752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032376069218624542.post-29496221428658363482011-12-01T00:27:15.230-05:002011-12-01T00:27:15.230-05:00Velda...I've said it many times, the best is y...Velda...I've said it many times, the best is yet to come. I do think we had much more ambition when we were younger than those in their 20's have now. I know that I have way more confidence now than ever before. I'm really loving life right now. As always, thanks for sharing your thoughts.<br /><br />Sondra...I will be turning 62 in a few short weeks and I am just fine with that. I have never really had a better life than I have now since retirement last December. I have very little undone in my life, but that doesn't mean I'm finished! It just means I have time to enjoy what I've worked my entire life to earn.<br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285427147723972295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032376069218624542.post-66986627817866805522011-11-30T23:52:19.582-05:002011-11-30T23:52:19.582-05:00I find that growing older is not such a tramatic a...I find that growing older is not such a tramatic age. I have reached the age of my own grandmother, and yet feel as old as my own daughter. How about that! When I was of college age, I felt it would be a complete waste of time. I walked out. Then at the age of 65, college intregued me and I enrolled and walked out this time with degree and honors. Go figure that one out? I grew more at my age, knowledge wise, then I did when I was young, but the era allowed me while the era of my growing up stiffled me. Can you figure that one out?<br /><br />Since you are I are of a mature adult age, notice I never said old age. I am not old as long as I continue to learn and not think of the years behind. I only think of ahead and all that I still have undone. <br /><br />SondraAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368309179097888963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032376069218624542.post-17304209655069140322011-11-30T23:24:48.963-05:002011-11-30T23:24:48.963-05:00Great job, Jo and so true but, we can look ahead i...Great job, Jo and so true but, we can look ahead into our future with excitement and anticipation because we are blessed to live in an era when 62 isn't so old anymore. I think of the time I wasted as a teen thinking that I 'couldn't' do something and I find that as I grow older my capacity for learnig has enlarged and my confidence that I can is a blessing and also makes me have a sense of pride thatmost people our age are way more ambitious than pwople half our age. have times changed or has it always been that way? VeldaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com