{"id":4294,"date":"2016-08-26T10:18:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T16:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=4294"},"modified":"2016-08-26T20:48:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T02:48:43","slug":"positive-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=4294","title":{"rendered":"Positive Aging"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"plato_on_age\"<\/a>I sometimes write to rant about the stupid negative people in the world. It doesn\u2019t change anything but let me feel a bit better by letting it out. I like to think my one little voice can be heard for at least a moment. Then I go on with my life.<\/p>\n

I should change that. Ranting is a negative. I can use those people as examples of poor personal choice rather than attack and push what I can no longer change. What I can change is myself.<\/p>\n

Life isn\u2019t fair, but life IS what I make it. Human life is so short, but that only becomes apparent as I near the end of the journey. While the world around me is in negative chaos and I am searching for the positive serenity of old age.<\/p>\n

When I was in a position of authority, I had more influence on people in the world around me. It was an exciting time. I COULD change other lives. I hope it was positive. I think it was. I retired and let go of those strings so now I have just myself to control. Maybe I can still influence those very close to me. I have had my shot at the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need any more windmills to knock over. I am comfortable deciding what to do next for myself. That is what retirement is about. If I have my basic needs covered I am good with life. That includes family and friends.<\/p>\n

I am now a \u201cmaker of things\u201d to the best of my abilities. I create objects that never existed before I make them. That lets me feel like I am doing something good. I enjoy working with tangible things. Objects are simple to understand. People are not simple to understand.<\/p>\n

If other people like what I do then I am happy. I found a motto I adopted: \u201cDo what you love for those who love what you do.\u201d It is a simple statement that really says a lot about being right with life. It is a very positive way of living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I sometimes write to rant about the stupid negative people in the world. It doesn\u2019t change anything but let me feel a bit better by letting it out. I like to think my one little voice can be heard for at least a moment. Then I go on with my life. I should change that. Ranting is a negative. I can use those people as examples of poor personal choice rather than attack and push...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}