Maybe others; not me. Getting old ain't easy, and I don't mean the physical and mental decay - unpleasant as that is, it's not the worst part.
What's bad in my case is that I am neither getting wiser nor do I become more patient as I age. But at least I know why:
- How can I get wiser if I was never wise before?... :-)
- Patience? Statistically speaking, and given my medical history, I cannot afford the luxury of toying with the idea of longevity. Thus, If I want to do things, I've gotta do them now or at least as soon as possible.
With that kind of inner mechanism driving me I find it very hard to have to wait another nine months before I can do what keeps my life candle burning: Diving with tiger sharks.
In fact, just looking at this photograph, taken only a little over two months ago, I ache and feel like telling the Shark Baron, aka Jupp Kerckerinck: "C'mon, alter Knabe, let's go back into the water and see whether "Emma" is still around..."
Jupp and Emma (Tiger Beach, November 2010)
Photo: Wolfgang Leander
Click to enlarge
What's bad in my case is that I am neither getting wiser nor do I become more patient as I age. But at least I know why:
- How can I get wiser if I was never wise before?... :-)
- Patience? Statistically speaking, and given my medical history, I cannot afford the luxury of toying with the idea of longevity. Thus, If I want to do things, I've gotta do them now or at least as soon as possible.
With that kind of inner mechanism driving me I find it very hard to have to wait another nine months before I can do what keeps my life candle burning: Diving with tiger sharks.
In fact, just looking at this photograph, taken only a little over two months ago, I ache and feel like telling the Shark Baron, aka Jupp Kerckerinck: "C'mon, alter Knabe, let's go back into the water and see whether "Emma" is still around..."
Jupp and Emma (Tiger Beach, November 2010)Photo: Wolfgang Leander
Click to enlarge
2 comments:
Wow diving with tiger sharks must be exciting and scary! Great photo!
Not scary - jiust exciting. Find out for yourself!! :-)
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