waybread
Well-known member
Perhaps we can momentarily set aside the usual difficulties associated with ageing: declining health, disappointments that won't improve at this point, or simply looking funny-- with wrinkles, gray hair (whether or not she dyes it,) or balding for a lot of the guys. We may have lost touch with popular culture, let alone information technology.
But this is a thread about about the gifts of old age. I'm 68, and I can name several things about my life that go better for me now than they did during my middle age or youth. I'd love to hear from others about what you enjoy now-- or hope to do as a senior.
1. Being retired. I have a small pension-- enough to live on, so I really enjoy having my time as my own. Flexibility. Being able to do more of what I wish to do when I wish to do it.
2. Life experience. Sure, some of it's dated. But I don't think the human basics go in or out of style. I'm impressed by how much knowledge-- and wisdom-- some of the other seniors here express in their posts.
3. Not caring so much about what other people think.
4. Fewer worries about how my life will turn out. The majority of it already did.
I think two points in the horoscope are highly relevant to ageing: Saturn and Chiron.
Your thoughts?
But this is a thread about about the gifts of old age. I'm 68, and I can name several things about my life that go better for me now than they did during my middle age or youth. I'd love to hear from others about what you enjoy now-- or hope to do as a senior.
1. Being retired. I have a small pension-- enough to live on, so I really enjoy having my time as my own. Flexibility. Being able to do more of what I wish to do when I wish to do it.
2. Life experience. Sure, some of it's dated. But I don't think the human basics go in or out of style. I'm impressed by how much knowledge-- and wisdom-- some of the other seniors here express in their posts.
3. Not caring so much about what other people think.
4. Fewer worries about how my life will turn out. The majority of it already did.
I think two points in the horoscope are highly relevant to ageing: Saturn and Chiron.
Your thoughts?