*Do You See Old Age As Something Positive?

Do You See Old Age As Something Positive?

Here are Patricia Fleming's feelings on growing older:

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I'M STILL HERE

My looks are nothing special
My face reveals my age
My body shows some wear and tear
And my energy's not the same.

Too often my memory fails me
And I lose things all the time.
One minute I know what I plan to do
And the next it may just slip my mind.

I try hard to avoid my mirror.
There are things I would rather not see
And even those times when I just catch a glimpse
I can no longer recognize me.

The things I used to do with ease
Can now cause aches and pains
And the quality of the things I do
Will never be quite the same.

I always compare my older self
To those younger versions of me
And I know I'm wasting too much time
Missing who I used to be.

But the thing that really makes me sad
Is despite what people see
Underneath my tattered, worn out shell
I'm still the same old me.

My heart can still feel endless love
And at times it still can ache.
My heart can fill with so much joy
And then it can suddenly break.

My soul can still feel sympathy
And longs for forgiveness and peace
And there are times its light shines boldly through
And times when it longs for release.

It's true, maybe now that I'm older
Feeling lonely may be status quo
But it also has made me more willing
To forgive and let past conflicts go.

So maybe to some I look ugly and old
A person who barely exists.
I'm still quite aware of the beauty inside
And my value should not be dismissed.

So although not as strong and no beauty, it's true
I'm still here and want so much to live
And I know that there's no one in this world quite like me
And no one who has more to give.

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Let's Make The World A Better Place For Everyone...

We Can Do it!

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Don’t worry, it is.

Well it's a nice thought
And we counsel ourselves with our wisdom
And console ourselves with our wisdom
I'm 66
Old age sucks.
Lol,66 not really that old
But it's the oldest I've been.

@Dukedog said in #3:
> But it's the oldest I've been.
When you think about it, every single moment, you are the oldest (and probably wisest) version of yourself.

I fear old age, but better than dying young, right? :)

Right now, I still have too much living to do, and not enough time to do it in. But I can foresee a time when I will believe that enough is enough and be ready to pack it all in. Hopefully not for another 20, 25 years or more. But there is such a thing as having lived too long, and if/when I reach that point, I hope I am able to say so clearly.
Apropos of this, I wonder if there a catch-22 involved. If you can express the intention clearly, you are still too young to go; but if it is time for MAID, then you won't have the physical/mental capacity to say so. Not looking forward to dealing with this.

It's like 2 sides of a coin,1 side you're growing old , getting wrinkles and your body is going through wear and tear on the other side you're getting wiser by the second just progressing in life

I am 61 and I have retired lately.

Every day is a weekend day.

I don't bother about the rain and snow anymore.

I do whatever I want to do and whenever I want.

I am a lot more zen.

I am not rich, but I have enough to do most of the things I want to do.

It is one my best period of my life.

My only regret is to see that my youth is behind me, but it's OK, that's how life goes!

I go and watch the young go to work and think I'm glad I don't have to work anymore.

Есть время для обдуманных действий - как игра в шахматы по переписке, больше похоже на свою жизнь, раньше было всё чужое.

What is the alternative to growing old?? death??