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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 5032159, member: 3850"] My wife and I are retired...and have been for a while. We led an active life while working...and retirement has been joyous. ....we retired to a beautiful locale....It is simple things that make for a paradise. We have made friends and spend four or five evenings a week with one or more couples doing the simple things...chatting, grilling on the porch, listening to live music at local venues (a big thing here in small town Appalachia). ....After being close to death a year ago (the docs told us it could be a matter of weeks)...the radiation and chemo has killed my tumor and my lymph nodes are no longer malignant...I have lost 61 pounds, and for a while looked like death was indeed on my doorstep. I insisted on going to our haunts in town to listen to music and be with folks...As I was wheeled from the car in to a table, I knew I was never alone...The whole dang town was behind me. Our formula for a joyous retirement: ----be in love. When your heart still goes pitter-patter when you see your wife's smile it makes the days together like a date. ----have good friends to share life with...and don't just sit around at home..that trite stuff is still true. live, laugh, explore. Every day is a holiday and every meal a banquet. Happiness is an attitude and self generated. ----exercise. We go to the gym three days a week (I lift...usually leg presses, bench presses, curls...and machine work for hips and back). Building back a robustness that I have always had...cancer causes you to lose muscle weight as well. On alternate days we walk...sometimes on creekside and mountain paths, sometimes on a 1/4 mile track. After exercise, we often drop by our local coffee shop and have a cuppa and chat. ----we take rides through the mountains visiting the small towns, wineries, etc...there is always a festival going on somewhere..blues and brews, arts, music, bbq, Scottish games, etc. Yeah..it does sound fake, like a Facebook life...but it works for us... [/QUOTE]

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