Category Archives: Aging
At 16 and 66
At 16, adolescence at 66, essence :- Doug.
Can we grow, old?
Can we grow, old? That is to say, while older we become, to grow, daily? Older still, daily grow. Growth is the essence of living, perhaps? :- Doug.
Age sneaks up
Maybe it’s not so much age sneaks up on us, or we think we’re not that old, it’s also we know how to do that and we haven’t yet figured out we shouldn’t. Another example of straight line thinking: the … Continue reading
Old means different things
See: old means different things: it means the first grey hairs, it means severe debility. We feel old, we feel young. It is about how we look, how we feel, our energy, our health, our attitude, our spirit, our outlook, … Continue reading
No longer old
Not only do we get an extra 30 years: we are no longer old at 55. :- Doug.
New callings of old
Elder years offer new callings of old people. :- Doug.
Exiled in strange lands
Old age might be exiled in strange lands—or it could offer a fresh and long view to those rushing they know not where. :- Doug.
Useful mouths
Reading in Simone De Beauvoir’s Coming of Age today. It seems that old age was almost always a matter of economics: the useless mouth did not get fed. It was resented. When the older person was able to retain ownership … Continue reading
On the color wheel
Anything you can write about old age, the opposite on the color wheel is also true; and all the other hues. :- Doug.
Control the world
We cannot control the world, at our age. We now know that we never could, nobody can. We ever only can guide. :- Doug.
Active retirement shallow
A turning point is reached when in our young old age we realize there is a deeper responsibility than just having an active retirement. :- Doug.
Make one’s soul
Each one when old has the possibility to make one’s own soul. :- Doug.
Aging as opportunity
Aging might be opportunity for the grandchildren. :- Doug.