by Bronson Alcott
(digest)
Old age, I decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, or my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder 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...I am entitled to overeat, to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understand the great freedom that comes with aging.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turn gray, 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. I can say "no" and mean it. I can say "yes" and mean it. 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.
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 I shall eat dessert every single day.
3 comments:
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i read this article carefully.it shocked me.i am still young now,but it taught me something,'i can say yes and mean it,i can say no and mean it'.that is what i couldn't do now.
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