Thoughts On Growing Old

I was watching a video this week which showed how people from an old TV show have changed. I found myself saying how old they have gotten then I looked in the mirror. 

The painful truth is that I am old now.

Honestly I hate it. How did it get here so fast?

I now move at a slower pace and I have pains that never go away.

A simple sneeze can pull a back muscle and a stumble on a step can cause a tumble.

Is this what my life has become now? Old and slow.

I am realizing the truth of how short life really is. I may not seem short but when you get to where I am it’s seems a blur.

The Bible says the life is like a vapor and it’s true.

I am thankful that I have had the opportunity to do a lot in my life. It seems that some can never appreciate where they are or be content with the life they have.

It’s funny how my mind doesn’t comprehend how old I really am. However, my body will quickly remind me of my limitations now.

As I am the older person now it is disheartening to see how millennials view their elders.

We never expected our grandparents to raise us or babysit us.

We visited them we didn’t expect them to visit us.

We always said yes ma’am/no ma’am and yes sir/no sir.

When we entered a room we always make sure they had a place to sit.

We were patient with our elders. We didn’t have phones that kept us from listening to their stories or valuing their advice.

We always made them feel special on special days.

Most important of all we respected and valued them.

Sadly this is not how it is now in our social media driven world.

It is what it is. I mean I am older but I don’t consider myself as elderly.

I do not look forward to when I eventually lose my independence and need someone to take care of me. I don’t want to be a burden to someone else. 

The good news is that I’m not there yet.  I’m not ready to check into a nursing home. There are still adventures I want to have and enjoy things until the time when I can’t. I’m taking advantage of the time I have now.

The universal truth is that we all get old. We should live our lives and it never should get old to treat others as we would like to be treated.