Time is the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past. It is both measurable & not! Time for us is not without end but time in regards to the world & 'it's' future seems endless.
Time marches on and our earthly bodies march along with it.
Funnily enough when I look at these rusty pipes I don't think of plumbing but of ageing. I envisage how these pipes would have once looked when they were newly installed. They would have been shiny & flawless.
I know that this middle aged, fairly healthy body that I inhabit at this point in time will weather and age as time passes on. The process has already begun! As wonderful as a time machine might sound there will be no travelling back in time to a time when my body was at it's prime, at least not in my time on this earth.
My skin will continue to crease & spot with age
My hair will grey
My waistline will expand
Parts of my body will head south
The sound & pitch of my voice may change
My sight may deteriorate, as well as my hearing
What an analogy. I sure hope that I don't wind up looking like that pipe. In fact, I'm off to work out and try to keep that from happening.
ReplyDeleteI know Matty , they are very dissimilar things really but that was the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the picture. I'm sure you won't end up looking like that pipe either ... Have fun working out!
ReplyDeletei kind thing the rust just adds a bit of character...smiles. nice magpie katherine...
ReplyDelete'Twas the achin' & creakin'...I can relate to that ( winces! ); especially the knees...!
ReplyDelete"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."~~Shakespeare
Hey, you! LOVE your new look! Wonderful Magpie. I can certainly relate to this one, my dear.
ReplyDeleteYou have managed to take the aging process and make something beautiful ..... thank you. As I enter my 70th decade next month, this is what I needed to read ~~~ in a positive way it reminds me to take care of myself, relax and enjoy each day, month and year.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit...I think I am that pipe! ;D
ReplyDeleteI don't know how like that old pipe I may be, but I am certainly starting to get some age spots on my once flawless skin of which I used to be so proud. And I have to agree that gravity can be so unkind!! Gotta say - if I was writing a letter to my younger self I would tell me to keep the sunscreen on my shoulders and back as well as my face. So many freckles and much sun damage.
ReplyDeleteAll those things may happen, but I hope that the brain continues to function - I watched my mother-in-law with Alzheimers for many years and wouldn't wish that on anyone.
ReplyDeleteNice philosophical post Katherine.
But with all of this comes a great sense of understanding and maturity...
ReplyDeleteGreat shot...
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Brian you are always so kind with you words .. I believe the lines add character too!
ReplyDeleteTodd.. I guess if we're a- aching and a-creaking then we are still a-breathing ... gotta see the upside about aging
Willow..thank you! There is no avoiding the passing of time .. at least with time we grow wiser and more experienced.
Helen .. My husband says that woman become more beautiful with age..just like a good glass of red. I really try to believe that!
Julie.. you are so NOT that old pipe. You are absolutely gorgeous!
Hey Delia... yes, all those summers we spent playing in the QLD sun hasn't done us any favours but it certainly did make for some very wonderful memories. You are still flawless..you've got beautiful skin!
Hiya Rick...I agree, Alzheimers is an insidious disease. It is hard to watch someone you love suffer from something as horrid as this. I understand the point you are making Rick... if you're mind is in tact then you've got a lot.
Real Me...this is very true! Well said!
Hi Anthony... I can't take credit for the shot.. it is the work of Willow but the words I will have to take credit for. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
I think I am that pipe at times, 'til I take the blow torch to it and heat up some of my aches and pains and try and mend the bumps and bruises along the way.
ReplyDeleteOh you're not that pipe Anni! Thanks for popping over. :)
ReplyDelete;) well, they may be rusty old pipes... but i bet they still do their job just fine!
ReplyDeleteMichelle that is so true..so long as they are still a working!! :)
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