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Old Age
Old age, I have decided ,is a gift.I am now ,probably for the first time in my life,the person i have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body!I somtimes despair over my body ,the winkles,the baggy eyes,and the sagging butt,And often i am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror [ who looks like my mother!]but i don't agonise over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends,my wonderful life,my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly.As I've aged,I've become more kind to myself,and less critical of myself.I've become my own friend,I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed,or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need,but looks so avant garde on my patio.I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.I have seen to many dear friends leave this world too soon, before they understand the great freedom that comes with aging.Whose business is it if i choose to read or play on the computer untill 4 am and sleep untill noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderfull tunes of the 60's & 70's, and if I at the same time wish to weep over a lost love ..I will.I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bluging body,and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to,dispite the pitying glances from the jet set.They to,will get old.
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken.How can you heart not be broken when you lose a loved one,or when a child suffers,or even when sombody's beloved pet gets hit by a car?But broken hearts are what gives us strenth and understanding and compassion..A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect. I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray,and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep groves on my face,So many have never laughed,and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.As you get older, it is easier to be positive.You care less what other people think. I don't question myself anymore.I've even earned the right to be wrong.So,to answer your question I like being old.It has set me free.I like the person I have become.I am not going to live forever,but while i am still here,I will not waste time lamenating what could have been,or worrying about what will be,And i shall eat dessert every single day [if i feel like it]
Remember old age is relative so to you young folk who read this take the risk now. |
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This intel was contributed by gabtar1
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May, 2012
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