@DT MI
I fully respect that and you too. It is a choice you made willingly that is likely best for you. I wouldn't hesitate trying to ride again if my back were still up to it (which I don't know) and if traffic were like it was when I stopped riding (which it most certainly isn't
) so I'm along with you here for different reasons. But if I were to move to a better place for riding, I'd probably start back if I could. The benefits to me outweigh the risks, and that kind of thing varies with each of us.
Unlike most folks, I honestly have no great desire to live much longer. The dreams in life I've had which have any chance of coming true and being lived have already been fulfilled with me
I am a very lucky person in this indeed. The pains and problems of aging I have now are at the level of what most people see only when they are ten years older than I am
Nobody needs me or relies on me or would lose much with me gone. I'm fine with that too, maybe this was something I aimed for unconsciously, I dunno. I can still do some good for people and I want to do that. But I'm a realist, and I know I'll never see a tropical island in the South Pacific, or tour the world, or tour what parts of the US which I haven't seen or which I want to revisit. I have already done and have seen more that 3 average people ever will. I've been blessed, and I'm still blessed in some ways, but at this point I'm getting a little tired of waiting for whatever comes next, and the only thing I have to look forward to is drawing my SS retirement in a couple years (if I last that long) which will allow me to take a slower more measured approach to life and work with no more pressure from clocks. calendars, and impatient people wanting everything done perfectly as of yesterday
Maybe after that my outlook will change, but as of right now if I keel over dead I will die contentedly and I will let it happen. I completely understand that most folks see thing differently than I do, and I hope that you too can leave this life this contentedly yourself when your time comes, for it is going to come for all of us sooner or later. I sit here waiting for God to pull the plug on me and if he's too slow in doing that then I reserve the right to pull my own plug in whatever manner I choose. I've had a damn good run at life and I'm as happy as I can see me ever being right now, so there's no point in me hanging around in hope of better or more- it ain't gonna happen. But maybe- just maybe- I'll get to enjoy rebuildi8ng a very fine motorcycle to ride it once again, and to enjoy once again what it offers me which I haven't had in a very long time
Peace and the best of everything to you, and may you never have any regrets about choices you make or have made. Enjoy what's left for us for as long as you wish to
Phil