‘We are on the precipice of change.  The New Year, 2016, awaits us with hope for better times, prosperity, and comfort.  We want a change from the worries and strife we faced this year and yet, if we are honest with ourselves, most of us have it pretty good.  It is all in our perspective.

I could sit here and complain.  I could talk about ills and aches and lack of funds, but that would “be a drag” as we used to say in my youth.  Which brings me to this gem that Bob was singing early this morning…

Get up and Go by Pete Seeger

“Old age is golden so I’ve heard said
But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed
With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
My eyes on the table until I wake up.
As sleep dims my vision I say to myself:
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
But though nations are warring and business is vexed
I’ll stick around to see what happens next.

How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get up and go has got up and went
But in spite of it all I’m able to grin
And think of the places my get up has been.

When I was young my slippers were red,
I could kick up my heels right over my head.
When I was older my slippers were blue,
But still I could dance the whole night thru.
Now I am older my slippers are black,
I huff to the store and I puff my way back.
But never you laugh; I don’t mind at all,
I’d rather be huffing than not puff at all.

How do I know my youth is all spent?
My get up and go has got up and went
But in spite of it all I’m able to grin
And think of the places my get up has been.

I get up each morning and dust off my wits
Open the paper and read the obits
If I’m not there I know I’m not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.”

If I think on it, my get up and go has been to so many amazing places and as I muse about the future I’m pretty sure there’s so much more . . .

“So in spite of it all I’m able to grin!”

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I have no resolutions.  My knees are so much better and I am planing a garden again this year, because I miss all that summer goodness stored away in my pantry for winter.

What are you looking for in the new year?

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NOTE:  I found an interesting tidbit this morning on the poem Get up and Go at Poets.Net.  Apparently it was originally  written by Anonymous.  Isn’t that the case?  Most of the really good stuff is penned by Anonymous.  I think I should like to meet this Anonymous someday.  😉

So without further commentary the link to Get up and Go at Poets.net is  HERE