Johnny Depp, playing notoriously, gloriously bad director Ed Wood, lay abed with his girlfriend and fretted that Orson Welles had made Citizen Kane at the tender age of 26 – while he, Wood, was already 30. But by 33, Jesus (who is, after all, supposed to be my exemplar) had redeemed humanity and opened the gates of heaven. I need to get on the stick. Mortality ain’t just a nine-letter word.
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That is exactly what I thought when I hit 30: “Hey, don’t you think you ought to really start DOING something by now? I mean, Jesus was out proclaiming His Father’s Kingdom by your age!”
Then I remembered that Jesus is God and, well, He had a bit of an advantage over us. I let myself off the hook. 😉
Repeat after me:
“La Dolce Far Niente”
Repeat daily until you are 50.
And don’t worry,
by that age all the “important stuff” you thought you did at 35 will look like a pile of carp.
So, what exactly do you have in mind? The salvation of man, or a re-make of Plan 9 From Outer Space?
Just curious,
Not-Ted.
PS – Maybe the salvation of man lies in a re-make of said film. Think about it.
It is strange to think that Christ only lived to be our age- We equate age and accomplishment sometimes. The life expectancy going higher and higher is a safety net, I think. We assume we have all the time in the world. What if I don’t? Wow, I need to get on the stick,too.
I wish I had used the Jesus Year to describe my 33rd. I called it my Rolling Rock Birthday.
Wait – does this mean you just had a birthday?
Happy Birthday!
Thanks all. Yes, ATP, June 27 was birthday 33. Ambrose, my problem is that I don’t like beer, else I might have followed your example.
i am always curious why the promulgation(sp) years didn’t really start for jesus until his 30’s…then ended at 33. what does THIS say about human maturity level? basically, good for about 3 years? once you get to 30 you might know something but…don’t worry, that expires at about age 33. god is funny. (this is a joke people, i am not trying to insult jesus. just want to be clear.)
I thought that Aristotle said you aren’t good for anything until you are 50.
Aren’t we supposed to be happy that we are older than a lot of famous dead people? But then I guess we begin to think about the fact that they achieved a lot more in a lot less time than we have.