Satisfaction

In 1965, The Rolling Stones released the album Out Of Our Heads, and on that album was SATISFACTION.  I have always been seduced by the lyrics, an excerpt is below:

When I'm driving in my car

And the man comes on the radio

And he's tellin' me more and more

'Bout some useless information

Supposed to fire my imagination

I can't get no satisfaction

I can't get no satisfaction

Gonna I try and I try and I try and I try

I can't get no -

I can't get no -

When I'm watchin' my TV

And a man comes on to tell me

How white my shirts should be

But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke

The same cigarettes as me

These lyrics inspire the imagination or they did in 1965, as just one more tool to hold against THE MAN who controlled our lives by telling us what we should be, how we should be, and when we should be.

THE MAN...  pissed a lot of us off, to say the least.

Today...

at 78 years of age...

I find that I am satisfied...

because:

• I own my own home - no mortgage
• I have no debt 
• I have all the clothes I need
• I have all the tools I need
• I have a reliable car
• No funeral expenses - giving my body to UT Medical
• Have enough money to pay my expenses for the next 25 years
• Have a smart phone, laptop, and WIFE
• Go out to eat whenever I want
• Take two weeklong vacations each year
• Being cared for by competent doctors
• Have a perfectly supportive wife and partner
• Have acceptable neighbors
• Have all the friends I need
• Enjoy the simplicity of life
• Have a low cost of living
• Have low taxes
• WOKE/DEI don't influence me
• Political parties don't influence me
• Experience minimal stress and/or anxiety
• No longer kiss ass - except my wife's
• Eat a healthy diet each day
• Pursue my hobby of writing each day

The simple lifestyle and no debt are the two items that really underscore my life.  Being influenced by the opinions of others as to who I am no longer registers in my mind, if it ever did.  I have no regrets, even though I have made mistakes along the way.  No regrets because given those set of circumstances again, I would have done similarly whether I later found out, it was right or wrong.  I learn from my mistakes.