Getting Old
10-23-15 | 08:24 AM
#51
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"getting old
Beats the alternative."
I, too, tend to think outside the box on this one. When I first heard this expression, lo those many years ago, I was foolish enough to think that the alterative was getting younger.
Now that I am wiser and more experienced, I still think that, with an explanation. I think it is possible to stay the same age or even get younger, measured by physiological and psychological factors such as strength, speed, endurance, flexibility, mental clarity, open-mindedness, the ability to enjoy each day, and so on. The calendar is only one measure of age, and not a very good one at that.
Beats the alternative."
I, too, tend to think outside the box on this one. When I first heard this expression, lo those many years ago, I was foolish enough to think that the alterative was getting younger.
Now that I am wiser and more experienced, I still think that, with an explanation. I think it is possible to stay the same age or even get younger, measured by physiological and psychological factors such as strength, speed, endurance, flexibility, mental clarity, open-mindedness, the ability to enjoy each day, and so on. The calendar is only one measure of age, and not a very good one at that.
10-23-15 | 08:38 AM
#52
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The older I get the more I think of snow-birding. Even a month in a warm climate would make the Midwestern winter much easier to accept.
10-23-15 | 09:09 AM
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