... For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away,
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Morituri Salutamus
... For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away,
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Morituri Salutamus
We don’t like to be out late at night either. I want to read and relax.
Jimmy Carter is a good role model of aging well.
And Mick Jagger! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxqpYIbmvP4
I suppose I'm not aging well, since I'm nearly lame--and I get tired of being sent articles about 90 year-old hikers and dancing grannies. I'm just thankful for the faculties I do still have, and that I'm otherwise healthy.
I generally follow this as well. I don't use "senior moment" either. I say "brain cramp" instead because a brain cramp can happen at any age, right?
Nor do I reference old technology or say "back in the day we had..." Because frankly I love new technology. Where was a PC back when I was in college and had to produce papers on a manual typewriter? Would have made my life so much easier. I hated typing those things.
And I sure as hell don't tell my Millennial coworkers that I am old enough to be their mother and talk to them like they are naughty children, something I got from older workers when I was their age.
I generally do the same. I'm not afraid of technology, or of changes in society--if I think it's changing for the worse, I'll work to oppose that change. I like my stroke-affected relative's attitude "You know, it just occurred to me that my wheelchair will actually make it easier for me to protest in the streets. and I can get away faster. Before the stroke I was hobbling around with my protest signs attached to my walker. So I'm ready to roll!" Perfect attitude, IMO.
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