Old Age

Very often, we hear people say ‘getting old sucks!’ Well, there is nothing we can do about it. So, the sensible thing to do would be to accept that we are going to be old one day, and to prepare ourselves for old age as best we can. We should keep healthy, and put some cash away when possible so that we can enjoy some small comforts in our old age.

The key to successful ageing is to pay as little attention to it as possible. The other thing to do is to look for the positive things in ageing instead of lamenting you are getting old. For example, people have found that …..

“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.” - Confucius

“Of middle age, the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.” - Don Marquis

“Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can't see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.” - Erma Bombeck

“Mostly getting old is boring. I hate the stiffness in the bones. I was physically arrogant for years. I don't like it now that I have difficulty getting around. But a certain equanimity sets in, a certain detachment. Things seem less desperately important than they once did, and that's a pleasure.” - Doris Lessing

So, there you have it, the positive in old age. And, from the spiritual point of view...

"Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. Our inner lives are eternal, which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we were in full bloom." - Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

"Sixty feels exactly like 50, with aching feet and more forgetfulness.... But your inside person doesn't age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young, all the ages you've ever been." - Anne Lamott

I hope you feel a bit more positive now regarding old age. Sometimes, looking at things from a different perspective helps – a bit.

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