{"id":453,"date":"2011-05-16T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T18:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycjones.ca\/?p=453"},"modified":"2020-12-07T15:16:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T20:16:58","slug":"no-worries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garycjones.ca\/?p=453","title":{"rendered":"No worries.."},"content":{"rendered":"

I no longer need to wonder what it will be like to get old……I am old and have all the aches and pains to prove it.<\/p>\n

I no longer need to wonder what it would be like to be fat…….I’ve put on twenty-five pounds since quitting smoking and I am fat.<\/p>\n

I no longer feel the warmth and security of being surrounded by family……My dear parents have both died and my kids abandoned me years ago. I have no family.<\/p>\n

I no longer wonder what my friends think of me……..I have no friends.<\/p>\n

I no longer worry about what to do with all my money…………….I have none.<\/p>\n

I no longer spend hours renovating my house…………..I have no house.<\/p>\n

I no longer worry about repairs, insurance or gas for my car………….my beater car has been parked for months.<\/p>\n

I no longer worry about fashion in clothes……………….I have not had money for clothes in years.<\/p>\n

I no longer wonder what it’s like to be loved by someone special…………I have not been in love for a year.<\/p>\n

I no longer wonder how it feels to have someone special in your life…………..I have been alone for a year.<\/p>\n

I no longer marvel at the joys of where I live…………..I am stuck here, it seems, forever.<\/p>\n

I no longer wake every day, impatient to get to work………….I haven’t worked since last year.<\/p>\n

I know longer know why I am here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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