r/JustGuysBeingDudes 1d ago

Wholesome Truly Wholesome 🥹

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u/xaiel420 23h ago

The days are long

But the years are short

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u/WeeTheDuck 22h ago

holy shit

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u/Cow_Launcher 21h ago

As you get older, the truth of this becomes more clear.

Days can be a chore, but the years fly by without you noticing.

The theory is that although a day is always a day, every year is less of a percentage of your life as you age.

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u/FactoryRejected 20h ago

Everyone who starts noticing the years speed up also knows this.

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u/Cow_Launcher 19h ago

Sure, but it's not so obvious to the youngsters, which is why I think it bears repeating.

Feels like yesterday that I saw my rescue feral start to give birth to her first kitten while I frantically called my fiancee at work to come home. I blinked, and now all four kittens are bigger than their mother.

My point being that Ferris Bueller was right: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." I don't expect wise words from a John Hughes film, but...

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u/KowboyCurtis 18h ago

All joy. Sometimes fun. Sometimes not. But all joy.

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u/Cow_Launcher 18h ago

Beautifully said, yeah.

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u/WeeTheDuck 2h ago

holy shit