asianhut's Journal

I live in Denver, and this year, we haven't had much snow at all.  Today it started snowing this morning and I made a trip to the store which is about 5 miles away and there was just a light dusting of snow.  I had been about 45 minutes shopping in the store, and when I came outside there was already blizzard conditions outside and my car windows and already covered with ice.  It took another hour to get home, driving behind all the new implant, California drivers who don't know anything about driving in the snow.  My other car in the driveway, already had 4 inches on it and it was snowing sideways.  I believe this is going to be one of those years when all the heavy snows will wait until the leaves are on the trees then come and break down all the branches.

It made me think how glad I am to finally be retired and not need to get out there and fight all that traffic .  It made me think of how I am now in the winter of my life and think about how I've never really discovered what might be my true purpose.  In my youth, I rode the fence between good and evil.  I cannot claim to have ever been an angel.  I spent a lot of time trying to hang with the cool crowd instead of considering what I might become as an individual. I had the attitude where I wanted to try almost anything at least once.  Twice if I liked it.  I lived my life with no abandon and took many unnecessary chances.  Needless to say I have a few regrets.

These last several years, I've taken many strides to turn my life around and get on the good side.  I have taken time to try to explain to young people about the many mistakes I made in my life in the hope of detouring them from some of the pain I experienced.  There are still a number of them that will listen and not go down that path of destruction I was on.  I'm getting too close to the end to do much else.  So maybe this is my purpose. My heart goes out to all those who are lost and still trying to find their place.