A Quick Thought at 4 AM

I feel old.
Disconnected.
Sometimes the disconnection is by choice.  I don't keep up with all the trends.  Mostly because I don't always seem to feel that I need to keep up with the trends.  Yet there is a cost.

Sometimes I feel old because everything seems to be moving so very quickly.  It is as if the world stepped on the accelerator a few years back and I am still struggling to get the seat belt on.

I suppose some of this feeling is inevitable.  It doesn't make it easier or better or worse.  It just sometimes is.

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