Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Betty Friedan
I love getting older. Oh don't get me wrong, the physical ailments of aging aren't much fun but even those can be relieved with exercise and other things. What I love about getting older is exactly what Friedan points out in today's quote, aging provides us opportunity to grow in character, to gain more life experience, to apply what we've already lived through to our days and to our interactions with other people. We don't lose when we age but we gain! If I think back to even 5 years ago I wouldn't want to return to that time. I love what I've learned and grown in in those years. And you couldn't pay me enough money to go back in time and be a high schooler again! The only way I would consider going back is if I could take with me the wisdom I've gained over the years. Aging has provided me, and hopefully you, the opportunity to grow in wisdom and I don't want to let that go. In addition to wisdom I have gained, and I hope you have as well, strength of character. I have learned how to be strong in resolve, faith, giftings/talents, and other areas that help create one's character. So much has been gained in aging and so little has been lost.
I love getting older, you?
I love getting older. Oh don't get me wrong, the physical ailments of aging aren't much fun but even those can be relieved with exercise and other things. What I love about getting older is exactly what Friedan points out in today's quote, aging provides us opportunity to grow in character, to gain more life experience, to apply what we've already lived through to our days and to our interactions with other people. We don't lose when we age but we gain! If I think back to even 5 years ago I wouldn't want to return to that time. I love what I've learned and grown in in those years. And you couldn't pay me enough money to go back in time and be a high schooler again! The only way I would consider going back is if I could take with me the wisdom I've gained over the years. Aging has provided me, and hopefully you, the opportunity to grow in wisdom and I don't want to let that go. In addition to wisdom I have gained, and I hope you have as well, strength of character. I have learned how to be strong in resolve, faith, giftings/talents, and other areas that help create one's character. So much has been gained in aging and so little has been lost.
I love getting older, you?
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