Getting Old... Oh wait... I'm already there.
Three Reasons?
There's a lot to be said about getting old.
#1. It's immensely better than dying younger.
#1. It's immensely better than dying younger.
Ok, lets get started.
It's a mixed bag of positives & negatives.
It's a mixed bag of positives & negatives.
Let's start with some positives... You're not dead yet.
But at some point, life starts talking things away. Eventually to where it takes away more than it gives. The scales tip heavily to taking away as lifes experiences diminish, family dies, friends die, passions fade, travel slows and a sedimentary life creeps in before you realize it.
As you get older you become less involved... With everything.
As time passes, you become less involved with others and your input to others seemingly everything becomes less and less significant. (remember, they know everything about everything)
So you become more and more INVISIBLE.
You have years of experiences that add to your insight and wisdom.
Unfortunately everyone younger knows everything about everything and they care nothing about what pearls of wisdom you share with them.
You lived a long time, been to many places, known a lot of people.
You lived a long time, been to many places, known a lot of people.
Unfortunately as time goes on, and the older you get, you lose more and more of your friends and family. And memories start to fade.
You have seen and enjoy all the technologies that are now part of everyday life. You can see how far everything has come. But try as you will, you are falling more and more behind the technology curve. A good example, my smart phone can do wondrous things. I use perhaps 10 features regularly, but there are seemingly hundreds of features and settings that boggle the mind. You appreciate all the advancements. Today's young people take everything for granted and expect more and more, and are never satisfied.
You have seen and enjoy all the technologies that are now part of everyday life. You can see how far everything has come. But try as you will, you are falling more and more behind the technology curve. A good example, my smart phone can do wondrous things. I use perhaps 10 features regularly, but there are seemingly hundreds of features and settings that boggle the mind. You appreciate all the advancements. Today's young people take everything for granted and expect more and more, and are never satisfied.
You have learned over the years, especially from simpler times, not to sweat the small stuff, and get over the big stuff, and let things go.
Today's younger people seem to thrive on drama. If it doesn't find them, they will seek it out... everyday. Never satisfied, always offended, and moments of happiness are destroyed as emotional turmoil grips every part of their life. A huge positive for you, you know how to enjoy a happy and peaceful life.
Back to life taking away things. Health and physical ability is a big issue. And even though your mind still sees you as thirty or forty something, your body will remind you that you are seventy something, and can not physically do everything as in the past. And what you can do is now much slower. Yet, your body will over ride your mind, painfully telling you that you are not as young as you once were. Physical ability has new limitations. There are rules to observe those new limitations, and consequences... Ouch, that hurts!
Today's younger people seem to thrive on drama. If it doesn't find them, they will seek it out... everyday. Never satisfied, always offended, and moments of happiness are destroyed as emotional turmoil grips every part of their life. A huge positive for you, you know how to enjoy a happy and peaceful life.
Back to life taking away things. Health and physical ability is a big issue. And even though your mind still sees you as thirty or forty something, your body will remind you that you are seventy something, and can not physically do everything as in the past. And what you can do is now much slower. Yet, your body will over ride your mind, painfully telling you that you are not as young as you once were. Physical ability has new limitations. There are rules to observe those new limitations, and consequences... Ouch, that hurts!
I've been what I consider happy all my life. Being an only child resulted in emotional independence. Resulting in self reliance and a mental, physical, and emotional stability that didn't rely on others for my happiness and wellbeing. Others enhanced my happiness, but were not essential for my happiness. It may seem a bit cold, sometimes even unusual or perhaps anti social, but it worked out just fine for me. I didn't rely on others. Today's younger generations seen to rely too much on others for their happiness and are disappointed, even sometimes devastated, when they don't have the support they need from others. In a drama filled world, relying too much on others is a recipe for emotional turmoil. So they suffer trying to find happiness through others.
Simpler times. I grew up when neighborhood kids were your best friends. We spent 95% of free time playing outside with others. Developing social skills while having fun. The joys of playing together, and the added joy of hearing the ice cream truck driving up. Everyone quit playing, all running to the truck to get that 10¢ cold ice cream treat. Today's kids rarely go outside, usually only to go from the house to the car. BTW... there are no ice cream trucks. They spend all their free time inside, enguaging in electronics, and the development of social skills is limited to social media... an all the negative aspects that influence their minds and behaviors. Social media tells you who to hate, who to blame, and what to be offended by ( that's everything). Taking drama to ever elevated heights. Drama up... Happiness gone.
That's not everything.. but enough for now.
Of course this is all from my perspective.
Everyone has different perspectives.
To each their own.
Of course this is all from my perspective.
Everyone has different perspectives.
To each their own.
On a closing note... perspectives... mental awareness... behavior...
the way people see the world and everything, and everyone around them. How they interact with others. How others see us all. Everyone is different... Then here's "normal different"... and different that falls into another category of too different. Outside the spectrum of normal different. People with different types and levels of autism are seen differently... Because they think and act differently as perceived by others. The most important thing in life is NOT to judge others, because you think they are different from you. Accept the differences of others. You don't have to be friends... but you should not judge them. Consider a higher understanding. Ya never know where you might be some day. I'm not sure that in varying degrees that all of us, in some degree, have mental & behavioral acuities that could only be considered autism when elevated to an extreme.
Just something to think about.
Just something to think about.
In the words of the 70s detective...
Just one more thing.
That thing about what life takes away, especially health wise, gives me pause for concern. After some muscle strength loss. Reduced stamina. Two knee replacements. Hip replacement. And several other potentially life threatening conditions that were medically corrected. I think I've gotten to the point where life is taking more than its giving.
What worries me is the tipping point. That point where health issues verses recovery that slides into slower and slower recovery... Recovery limited... and sometimes no recovery at all. Living with non-recovery impacts your physical abilities. The final tipping point where recovery is almost non-existant... a downhill slide. Doesn't say much for a healthy longevity. Getting old... not for pussies.
