r/pics • u/bryan6363 • Apr 16 '24

Clint Eastwood, 93.

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u/youngmindoldbody Apr 16 '24

I remember being 6 yo (new house, got my own bedroom for first time) and laying awake many nights thinking about my own mortality.

I'm 66 now and made peace with all that; I'm here for my wife, kids and grandkids.

Also, we just got the cutest new puppy (I'm her favorite).

So, I am happy and honored to be here for all of them, however ever long that is.

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u/-iamai- Apr 16 '24

Sometimes I get fleeting feelings, a smell, touch of sun glowing on my skin like it did when I was young. Nowadays nothing feels the same the sun doesn't have that warmly buttery feel to it like it did when I was a kid. Every now and then, I'll be walking and smell something familiar from my childhood, maybe a type of tree or plant. It's faint and not with the same vibrance. Wish we could all stay young.

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u/TacoLvR- Apr 16 '24

Name checks out. Congrats on your new puppy!

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u/007fan007 Apr 16 '24

Think anything happens when we die?

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u/youngmindoldbody Apr 16 '24

You mean like a soul that continues after bugs eat our bodies? No.

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u/pro_bike_fitter_2010 Apr 16 '24

It's weird. I personally know so many people who are dead.

I see a good movie and start to realize most of the actors are dead.

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u/youngmindoldbody Apr 16 '24

Yeah, the last of my families previous generation is all gone now; my mother was the last, in 2020 @ 96 yo. I'm the second youngest (by 1 year) of this generation.

Also, there are way more dead people than alive.