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What I Love About Growing Old

sun rise

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
Quoting Robert Browning

“Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
the last of life,
for which the first was made.

Our times are in his hand who saith,
'A whole I planned, youth shows but half;
Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!”
 
SigurdReginson

SigurdReginson

Grēne Mann
Premium Member
The best thing about growing old is that you can look back and wince quietly to yourself at the cringy things you did when you were younger. Seems to happen at the most inopportune moments, too, like when you are trying to go to bed, or when talking to a co-worker...
 
Howard Is

Howard Is

Lucky Mud
sun rise said:
Quoting Robert Browning

“Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
the last of life,
for which the first was made.

Our times are in his hand who saith,
'A whole I planned, youth shows but half;
Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!”
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This thread began as a whimsical joke, and maybe a fishing expedition.
It’s probably worth exploring it a bit.

There are definitely things I really like about being old. Ive only been old since May 2019.
I remember the moment it happened. I was already well aware of my age. I think I avoided calling myself old for a long time simply because I didn’t want to accept the mental set that came with it.

What happened that day was a realisation that I could stop making future plans, and considering what kind of life I could live, and what sort of man I could, or should, be.

It was all a fait accompli.

All done.

Now, I realise that there are still options etc in my life.
But that is the general flavour of it.

Off the hook.
 
BSM1

BSM1

What? Me worry?
Howard Is said:
This thread began as a whimsical joke, and maybe a fishing expedition.
It’s probably worth exploring it a bit.

There are definitely things I really like about being old. Ive only been old since May 2019.
I remember the moment it happened. I was already well aware of my age. I think I avoided calling myself old for a long time simply because I didn’t want to accept the mental set that came with it.

What happened that day was a realisation that I could stop making future plans, and considering what kind of life I could live, and what sort of man I could, or should, be.

It was all a fait accompli.

All done.

Now, I realise that there are still options etc in my life.
But that is the general flavour of it.

Off the hook.
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What do you consider 'old'?
 
BSM1

BSM1

What? Me worry?
Howard Is said:
That’s what I was trying to express in that post.
For me, the sense of being old is the sense that ‘becoming’ is finished.
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If it helps...at 65 I was in my first ever rock/blues band. At 70 we're gigging a couple times a month (Covid willing) for up to four hours a gig I see absolutely no end in sight (I'll revisit this at 85). Like an obscure 20/21st century poet mused, "...you never slow down, you never get old...". Age is just a number.
 
Thief

Thief

Rogue Theologian
yeah well.....I lost my first tooth last week

and my hair is thinning

and I move a lot slower

and things cost more

and....and....and....

and I got a new cell phone with too stuff on it

and I stutter more
 
Howard Is

Howard Is

Lucky Mud
BSM1 said:
If it helps...at 65 I was in my first ever rock/blues band. At 70 we're gigging a couple times a month (Covid willing) for up to four hours a gig I see absolutely no end in sight (I'll revisit this at 85). Like an obscure 20/21st century poet mused, "...you never slow down, you never get old...". Age is just a number.
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Be that as it may, the feeling which has arisen in me is such that I am not making any more future plans.

Which is fine btw. I am still enjoying myself, chronic loneliness and isolation notwithstanding.

I enjoy making music, I enjoy working out and riding my pushy. I particularly enjoy extended periods of savasana - doing absolutely nothing.

Until recently I was planning taking my music out too. I have put thousands of hours into developing serious guitar technique. I’ve spent thousands of dollars on some very cool gear, including gear specifically for live improvisation. I may still do that. But I don’t particularly care if I don’t.

I have an inoperable thyroid cancer ... sort of . I have follicular ‘neoplasms’ which are like time bombs which may or may not go off, but I can’t have them removed because of damaged vocal chords. Apparently any surgery will result in me being mute.

So it’s just a day to day reality, with a plan to do the forever pill thing some time in the near-ish future.

Basically ‘old’ means “I’m done. Goodbye and thanks for all the fish”.
 
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ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
The wisdom that comes with age is great and it keeps getting better.

Not keen on hubbies prostate cancer (hopefully cured now)

My gall bladder problem (again cured) and newly discovered hashimoto's disease are not fun.
 
Howard Is

Howard Is

Lucky Mud
ChristineM said:
The wisdom that comes with age is great and it keeps getting better.

Not keen on hubbies prostate cancer (hopefully cured now)

My gall bladder problem (again cured) and newly discovered hashimoto's disease are not fun.
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“He who made kittens put snakes in the grass”
Bungle In The Jungle, Ian Anderson
 
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