Well, I wrote a whole entry at work today about the old men who visit us regularly at the store. And then it deleted it. ...
Basically, they are both gentlemen who want to be remembered. I don't really feel like writing a ton on it again as it was soooo long the first time. They want to talk to someone who cares, and someone who listens. They want their stories to be remembered. They are around a lot...so it is always nice to hear from them every week. They're great men and I wish their families appreciated them as they should. One of them has very ungrateful grandchildren. They told him they wouldn't use pens which he'd collected for years before they were even born. They told him they were useless, and that is just so disrespectful to me. You don't do that to your grandparents. UGH. I will never forget these two men. They have changed frowns to smiles so many times, just because they always remember to stop in and say hi :-) I'll never forget them.
Anyway, one of them said recently, that he regretted everything he didn't do in his childhood. The pain I felt in his voice brought tears to my eyes. He was old enough that he did not have the ability to do all of the things he regretted not doing. I don't want to do that. I don't want to feel that way when I'm older. I want to achieve everything and leave out nothing. Here is to adventures, and never being scared to try a new thing! I promise to take the offered adventures, and to make the best of all of them!
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