Billy Crystal.... on Life and Aging...

Every now and then, when I'm working and listening to old movies... I'll hear a quote that is worth saving....

Here's one...


in City Slickers, Billy Crystal is invited to his son's grade 6 class on Careers Day to tell them about his job.... which in the end is beyondddd boring! and in the middle of telling them what he does... his voice trails off... as he realizes how empty his life is......

and then when prompted by the teacher to continue.... he stares off into space..... and this is what comes out of his mouth:

“ Value this time in your life kids…. Cause this is the time in your life when you still have your choices -

and it goes by so fast!

When you’re a teenager you think you can do anything… and you do

Your 20’s are a blur!

30’s ….you raise your family
You make a little money
And you think to yourself….”what happened to my 20’s ???”

40’s - you grow a little pot belly
You grow another chin
The music starts to get too loud
One of your old girlfriends from high school becomes a grand mother!

50’s - you have a minor surgery
You’ll call it a procedure… but it’s a surgery

60’s - you’ll have a MAJOR surgery
The music is STILL loud
but it doesn’t matter because you can’t hear it ANYWAY

70’s - you and the wife retire to Fort Lauderdale
You start eating dinner at 2 o clock in the afternoon
You have lunch around 10
Breakfast the night before
You spend most of your time wandering around malls, looking for the ultimate soft yogurt
And muttering “ how come the kids don’t call! how come the kids don’t call?”

Your 80’s you’ll have a MAJOR stroke
You end up babbling to some Jamaican nurse who your wife can’t stand
But whom you call MAMA

Any questions???


as funny as that is.... there's a degree of truth to it.......

Carpe Diem