"Rolex" <rolex@astraweb.com> wrote in
news:3k0pj.62842$rl3.55805@fe02.news.easynews.com:
> Old Age is a gift.
>
> I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have
> always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my
> body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often
> I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who
> looks like my father!), but I don't agonize over those things for
> long. I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my
> loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged,
> I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've
> become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra
> cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement
> gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am
> entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
>
> I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before
> they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
> Today young ones will call me "the old fart ROLEX"
> and I laugh to myself saying "I have lived to be old, can you ?"
> I used to lie about my age years ago and now I throw my shoulders
> back and proudly anounce "hey you punk kid: I AM 76 AND GOING STRONG
> THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT THAT FAR"
>
> Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until
> 4 AM and sleep until noon?
>
> I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, 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 I eventually 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
> loose my hair, 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.
> So, to answer your question, I like being old. 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 when I see Mercs
> delicious food sample ads And I shall eat dessert every single day.
> (If I feel like it)
>
Well they do say, if you cant beat it (old age) enjoy it LOL.
Mercury.
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