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Old 11-09-2021, 04:08 PM   #840
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by Solecismic View Post
I read recently (I don't think it was here, but it could have been) that we don't regret all the choices we've made or want to relive childhood. What we want is to relive the joy of having choices and losing our innocence (not necessarily sexual innocence, but that, too).

This kind of reminds me -- though a different thought, just the same topic if you will -- of a long-time adage I've used "I don't miss the stuff I used to do nearly so much as I miss the energy I had to do it with"
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