Do you measure time passed and time going forward?

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I think about the amount of time passed and look to the future to see what age I will be in the same amount of time. For example, the 1950s were 60 years ago. In that same amount of time in another 60 years it will be the 2070s. In the 2070s, all of us 20 somethings will be in our 80s. That is pretty scary when you think about it. The 1950s were a long time ago but they also weren't. When we talk about the 1950s we consider it modern history. Many people who lived through and who were born in the 1950s are still living today. We don't consider people born in the 50s that old. They are only in their 60s. It's just interesting and scary to think about how short life really is. My parents were born in the 1960s which was 50 years ago. In that same amount of time I will be in my 70s.

Fifty years ago, I was a month shy of my third birthday. Fifty years from now, I will be 103-not probable, but it could happen. I haven't had anybody in my family who lived to be 100, but I have had a lot live into their eighties and nineties. I hope that, however long my life might be, it is a healthy one.

My dad was alive at the same time as Wyatt Earp... meaning they overlapped by four years. A fact that I find really weird. And no... the 1950s wasn't a long time ago... it was the blink of an eye.