Its a rainy day in Ann Arbor and my energy level is low, so for this year's blog I am going to offer some quotes:
"The only thing that makes old age endurable is that the alternative isn't so great."
- Abraham Kuperman (my late father)
" To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,--
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, the poem Ulysses
This year I feel not only older, but old. Old in body and old in spirit. But...though much is taken, much abides.
"The Best There Is, The Best There Was, and The Best There Ever Will Be"
- Bret the Hitman Hart, The Excellence of Execution
From one old man to another, here's to you, Bret.
