&quot;I&#039;m nearly 72 and Tired&quot;

Originally posted by mogga ↑

Got this email from an old friend of mine

"I'm nearly 72 and Tired" Worth reading...

I'm nearly 72. I've worked hard since I was 15. Except for a couple of health challenges, I put in over 60-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 45 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked hard to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea, and I'm tired. Very tired.

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.

I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honour"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.

I'm tired of being told that drug addicts & alcoholics have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses, stick a needle in their arm or force them to polish off a bottle of spirits while they tried to fight it off?

I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.

I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20's be-deck themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves un-employable and claiming money from the Government.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 72. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my grandchildren and their children & that hurts, really hurts. Thank God I'm on the way out and not on the way in.

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Wow what a sorry post. Clearly working 60 hours a week without taking sick leave was a poor waste of a life if at the end of it all you want to do is die. Maybe you should go out and waste some money, get a tattoo, smell the roses, eat a big steak and have dessert, have two for Gods sake. Drink a bottle of very expensive wine and cheer up or it has all been for nothing. And if you feel tired have an arvo nap. Don't worry about your grandchildren, they will no doubt get their lips pierced, scab off the government and watch the world change as you have. Let's hope they don't share your propensity for gloom and regret.