I am taken back to the time when I was working downtown for CPS taking the train with a hundred other people and thinking about how I would love to do anything other than go to the office where the toxic level was so high you could cut it with a knife. I don't think I will ever forget that last job because it took me from a place of confusion and hatred to a place of absolute knowing.
A Seasoned Vs Old Person
Those of you who know me personally might be aware that I don't use the word "old". I don't think that people should be referred to with a word like old and I believe that as we live longer lives we are wiser and that we can be looked upon as "seasoned". For me the word seasoned means that we have lived a good life and that we have gone from one season to another experiencing life and the many ups and downs of it. I don't see the word old as one that honors any human being for their acquisition of wisdom and the things they have been able to overcome. I for one consider myself a seasoned man not an "old man". There are so many meanings to the word old but the one that I am not in agreement with is the connotation that older is less than and younger is more important. Unfortunately we live in a world where youth is celebrated and seasoned people are looked down on. The thought is that younger people are more attractive or that they are m...
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