If only…
Seems like I say that a lot, nowadays.  I guess it comes with gettin’ as old as I am.  After all, as I’ve said before, I’m two weeks older’n dirt.

I’m gonna try to get some of the ‘if onlies’ out of my system.  Basically, they’re bad decisions that I’ve made.  It’s true that ‘Hindsight is 20/20.’.

If only I had dumped my second wife when she gave me a choice between her and my music saying that I ‘met too many women’ when I was singing.  That was in 1970; and by 1979, she was gone and so was my musical career.

If only I had made the right choices after we split up.  Instead of focusing on my business (and my future), I focused on the pain of my broken heart.  This led me into a serious relationship that, eventually, turned into a seriously broken relationship.  Even then, however, things were not beyond salvage…

If only I had used common sense in my financial dealings, instead of wasting money and time trying to fix the unfix-able, things would have adjusted.  I spent money that should have stayed in the business trying to make a woman happy, when I should have known that it was a hopeless task.

Now, in the twilight of my life, I find myself broke, sick, and (basically) alone because of these (and a myriad of other) bad decisions.

All the advice I can offer is this: Think!  Analyze all of your alternatives carefully!  Be especially careful where women are involved!

Posted on April 27th, 2008 by torone
Filed under: Personal