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A wealthy man who said his son would inherit none of his wealth unless he was an absolute fool.

Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korcha was outside his home when Rabbi Yossi and Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi strolled by. 
Yehoshua ben Korcha was crawling around in the mud with a reed sticking out of his mouth as he chased his little grandchild.  
He said, "You see, when a man lives to have grandchildren he behaves like a fool."  - Midrash Tehillim 92:14

We grow and change as we age.  What was once inviolate or unthinkable becomes the norm.  Idea: It is too bad that have to learn this lesson after so many years wasted when we could have been having fun.....

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