Saturday, March 25, 2006
Old Is....?
I don't want to grow old before I have a chance to grow up....does that make sense to you? Growing old is a function of time, we will all have to grow old eventually or face the alternative.
But old people have a bad image in America, not one wants to admit that old people exist...because in so doing they will see themselves in a few years. Many of the commercials on tv are for making yourself look younger, wrinkle creams, pep pills, energy drinks, viagra etc.
If your hip aches get a new one same goes for the knee...have a face life while you're at it, dye your hair, don't show any gray hairs...dress like Britney Spears when you are 60, maybe people won't guess your real age. It is a vicious circle. You can do old these things to the outside of your body, be all bright and shiny like a new car, but inside you still have an old motor that can't race down the freeway. What I'm trying to get at is that everyone should just accept their age and do the best they can. Don't try to act younger or older, just be yourself at the age granted to you. And please do not look down at the older generation, if you listen to them you will learn, after all they have been there and done that already. What brought this topic on? Would you believe the passing of Buck Owens? ... Good bye Buck....
But old people have a bad image in America, not one wants to admit that old people exist...because in so doing they will see themselves in a few years. Many of the commercials on tv are for making yourself look younger, wrinkle creams, pep pills, energy drinks, viagra etc.
If your hip aches get a new one same goes for the knee...have a face life while you're at it, dye your hair, don't show any gray hairs...dress like Britney Spears when you are 60, maybe people won't guess your real age. It is a vicious circle. You can do old these things to the outside of your body, be all bright and shiny like a new car, but inside you still have an old motor that can't race down the freeway. What I'm trying to get at is that everyone should just accept their age and do the best they can. Don't try to act younger or older, just be yourself at the age granted to you. And please do not look down at the older generation, if you listen to them you will learn, after all they have been there and done that already. What brought this topic on? Would you believe the passing of Buck Owens? ... Good bye Buck....
# posted by sunflower @ 6:24 PM 
