I love these words.
I found them a long time ago,  can't remember where,  and I still enjoy them. 


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As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself.  I've become my own friend.

I've seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon;  before they understood the great freedom that comes with ageing.
Who's business is it if I choose to read, or play on the computer until 4 am,  or sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60's and 70's, and if I, at the same time, if wish to weep over a lost love,  I will.

I will walk  on the beach in a swimsuit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive in the waves with abandon if I choose, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.
They too,  will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful,  but there again, some of life is just as well forgotten,  and I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken.  How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car?
But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion.  A heart never broken is pristine, and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning grey, and to have my youthful laughs forever etched into the deep grooves on my face.  So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older it is easier to be positive.  You care less about what others think.  I don't question myself any more.  I have even earned the right to be wrong.

So to answer your question,  I like being old.  It has set me free.  I like the person I have become.
I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be . . .  and I shall eat dessert every single day if I feel like it.

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Thank you Klondike 
Gosh you learn something everyday .

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Yes. There is a controlled chain reaction of heavy elements such as Uranium and Plutonium splitting and producing energy from mass in that way. The same reactions as in the first two atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki bringing a final end to WW2.

Fusion reactions are used to initiate the much more powerful hydrogen fusion bombs.

Fusion reactors essentially fuse hydrogen into helium although they typically use hydrogen in the form of tritium to reduce the required pressure and temperature for the fusion to happen those temperatures and pressures are still way higher than any material can constrain and hugely powerful magnetic fields are used instead. Generating the magnetic fields currently uses more energy than the reaction releases.

Today, Fauda is no 1 in Lebanon  and also #2 in Bahrain, Jordan and the UAE, and #3 in Kuwait, Oman and Qatar; and it is a hit all over Europe  where it has surprised many young people....
Culture crosses borders - and storytelling can break the truth of what really happened on October 7th
So many young people have no idea.

Wish you were nearer you could come round and help me ! 
When I take stuff to the charity shops I have to look straight ahead else I might be tempted to bring home more clutter .

I don't .
I assume that fission is what our nuclear power stations do to produce power .

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 11:18:59 PMThat will be fission. There are no fully working fusion reactors anywhere in the solar system other than the sun. There won't be in the lifetime of either of us. There are a number of devices where short term fusion has been achieved but none that produce more energy than was put in to achieve that fusion.

Absolutely.  Many people don't know the difference between fission and fusion.

Hello Tuesday.  

I took a load of dog toys, blankets, and dog beds down to the local animal rescue yesterday.
Today I am still decluttering stuff.

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