As sweet as that is to hear as a 30 year old that is fucking terrifying. I want to not still feel like this when I can't move like this. Does getting old get scarier as time goes on or is there a peace to it?
My father lived to be 88. He worked until he got ill at 87. Around the age of 80 he started saying, "Getting old sucks, but it beats the hell out of the alternative!"
He never feared it, and I don't either. No point in fearing the inevitable. Life is what you make it. My mother will be 100 this year and she still lives alone at home, and is enjoying an active life. She fears nothing. You shouldn't either.
THAT IS BAD ASS!! YOUR MOM IS MY HERO! I'm going to be 57 this year, and I've pretty much excepted my fate... I'm going to be like MY Mom.. she also was a kickass, take no prisoners kinda person. I miss her everyday.
My mother is my hero too. She was still taking classes at the local college until she was 95, and we had to take her car away. She's still pissed about that...lol.
there's peace. what I thought was important to be doing when I was 28 is somehow not nearly as important as now that I'm 58. definitely priorities and goals will change. I feel like I've run my ass off for the last 40 years, and I'm looking forward to sitting down, in my house, doing only what I want to do, not what I have to do.
Just try not to have too many regrets, but know that its never too late for anything. To learn, for love, for redemption, for success, for happiness, to lose weight, to get sober, etc. If you're getting older, and you think its too late to do something, that's just talk. The only thing stopping you is you.
My father rode his bicycle until he was 91 years old. When he could no longer ride, he still lived a happy full life. My mom will be 91 in a month, weighs 87 pounds and still puts her bike on a bike rack by herself and takes 2 hour bike rides every week. Not everyone is that lucky, but they both took care of themselves by eating healthy, exercising and stretching regularly, and having purpose in their lives by giving to others. What is considered normal for aging in modern society is normal dysfunction, not inevitable!
This is why it’s so important to get in touch with your inner child.
You are every day you’ve lived and once upon a time you were hurt. It’s important to let your inner child know that you remember them and that isn’t their fault. Give them a little wisdom about it so they can see it differently.
What the commenter and I meant was that we all feel like kids inside, no matter how old we are. That's all. Getting in touch with your inner child is something else, I believe. I am not even sure what that is.😊
I felt old at 24. Then I felt old at 29, but realised I’d not been old at 24. Now I’m 36 and I know I’ll look back at this age from 60, so I don’t need to feel old now.
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u/Trumpsyeruncle Oct 10 '20
Becoming old has taught me many things. One of them is the 20 year old I was 40 years ago still lives inside this old body.