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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to be 70 this week [View all]sanatanadharma
(4,074 posts)12. Keeping in mind that you kneaded your last loaf at the end of the 50, 40, 30 decades, ...
... you are actually the timeless witness of the calendar, clock and changes; the changeless awareness that is at the center, the true nature of "Self".
BTW, when I was your age, I was seventy-too.*
Hat tip to the entertainer/ comedian from I first learned the joke (best heard, not read) in my 10's.
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i felt like that too til i hit 70 two years ago then i just felt like i had an expiration date
samnsara
Aug 2022
#1
Happy birthday. I'm 73 it was a funny feeling when I passed 70 since I lived to be older than my mom
Walleye
Aug 2022
#9
Keeping in mind that you kneaded your last loaf at the end of the 50, 40, 30 decades, ...
sanatanadharma
Aug 2022
#12
My mind says I'm still in my 30's-40's lol. Still the same basic way of thinking
judesedit
Aug 2022
#52
If baking bread got you this far it seems like you should keep doing it. You may be on to something.
dameatball
Aug 2022
#21
Happy 70th birthday! Keep on baking. I'm 85 and still bake my breads. As I approach old age,
justhanginon
Aug 2022
#22
You will always be able to bake bread, as long as you keep telling yourself that
Heather MC
Aug 2022
#46