I remember many years ago I'd watch the News on TV never a doubt that what I saw and heard was true! Today I find more questions about the reality of News in any source as I read, as now I hardly, or more like never watch the News on TV.
This morning I woke, made coffee ☕, as I listened to the rooster 🐓. Am I going to miss them when we move next month, I think not. After making coffee I sit down and pick up my phone, and look for what new on the news reel that comes from many sources. As I scroll through, I see an article about the Vietnam war, it's been 50 years since it ended! WOW, the article was about photos taken that day, and what the person that took them saw in the photos.
That war lasted over 20 years, a war that poured so much money into another country, trying to keep communism from advancing. I watched that war on TV as I ate dinner or after dinner, for many years, as my Mom watched the News every night. Walter Cronkite, someone who reported, someone we trusted to give us what was really going on in the world.
I can remember, 14 years old, getting shingles, and the Dr saying stress that could have caused it, I thought right away maybe watching the war, planes dropping naapom daily on jungle that had people in it, that was stressful. Watching the battles at the University's as people yelled Stop the War!
Today as I looked through the photos I thought, I wonder how it would feel having soldiers walking into your town after a war, caring guns, tank's driving through. I've never been involved in a war, looking forward I don't think I ever will be, but I've seen it on TV News, and movie's, I'm sure is much worse that what's shown.
50 years ago, WOW lot's of water passed under the bridges since then, yet we still have people killing people for what? How will it change things? The boarder moves here, the boarder moves there, this person in power, then ooops, now a different person in power, what really changes?
Maybe a little too much for a blog here, but this is where my thoughts go looking at the photos from 50 years ago.
50 years ago I was 18, I knew what I wanted, and was going to get and do it. Well most I did, and no regrets, mistakes are part of learning, sometimes I make the same mistake twice LoL, but mostly I learned as I went. Marrying Polly, not a mistake, best decision I ever made. Looking back a bit, not watching the news since about 1/2 way into covid, that helps a lot.
Retired is a job I should have had at the start 😂, but life isn't like that, unless you are one of the lucky ones that love what you do that pays the bills, or fall into the money pit.
I'm satisfied. Life is good. I can't change the world, well at least I won't try. As for change in me, I can and have, and will continue to do that, if I can make it past the desert I keep seeing pop up around our house 😋.
Today I go help move a fence for a friend, build a few more planters, and likely enjoy another great desert. Man life is good when ya don't have to worry or think about a bomb coming your way!
Love our life ❤️
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