Thanks, Dorothy
Yu, for sending this to us in order to share with our valued
readers.
It's a look at ourselves...and life's
journey....that allows us to enjoy it...while we can
!
A
"Geezer's" Tribute to Aging
"Good friends are like quilts-they age with you, yet
never lose their warmth."
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or play on the computer, until 4 AM, or sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those Wonderful tunes of the 50s, 60s & 70s, 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 bulging body, and will dive into the waves, with abandon, if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.
They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful, but there again, some of life is just as well forgotten.
And, eventually, I remember the important
things.
Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken.
How can your heart not break, when you lose a
loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit
by a car?
But broken hearts are what give us strength, 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 "grooves" 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 about what other people think.
I
don't question myself anymore.
I've even earned the right to be wrong
!
I like being old.
Why? Because it beats the alternative
!
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
lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be.
And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).
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