Topic : Are You Afraid to Age?

When I turned 50 my grandmother was 93. She said something to me that I will never forget. She looked at me and said "when I turned 50 I decided that I was old. Honey, that is an awfully long time to be old."

We all reach old at different ages but if we live long enough we all get there. I am beginning to think the whole reason we were built to fall apart, get painful illnesses, look so awful and move so slowly is so that when our time comes we are past ready for death to take us away from it all.

I think that getting older is not so bad as many people thing> Because the more we get older, the more we get experiance.Factuly I thought too much in that and I didnt find any more good things in getting old. you will be surpriesed because Iam still 15. and I feel that I have got over youth age. I dont want to be older. as I have to follow more rules and be more responsable. Iam very jealous of my sister because she is still a child can do many things with out rules and responsibility. I hope to return a child again and Iam very annoyed of being a teenager because Iam getting in many sychological problems which became unpearable. and many times I hope to die to kill all of these fairs and sadness inside me.

Just seems like yesterday that people were telling me how young I look.  Not any more!  I am 43 and I look 43.  I don't want to look my age!  I have always looked at least 5-10 years younger than my age.  Now when I look in the mirror all I see is puffy eyes, discoloring of the skin and some wrinkles.  I have spent a lot of evenings looking in that mirror and watch the tears roll down my face.  I just don't know how to deal with getting older.  I really don't!

The sad thing is that the men I chose to be by my side are always 14-20 years older.  They are good men. I just don't know whether I actually like them or its because standing next to them is suppose to make me look years younger.  An extremely stupid idea.

I have also lied about my age.  If I don't know the person and they ask, I will tell them that I am 48 so they will be impressed at how young I look.

Someone tell me how I can change my attitude towards growing older!!!

I want to live to be 100 because I have this fear that one day, in the future, I'll die on a Tuesday, and E.T. will contact Earth on a Wednesday.  In other words, the world is an amazing place, and I want to hang around as long as I can to see it all.  So I exercise an hour a day; I swim, lift weights, and walk everywhere.  I try to laugh and smile and help others do the same.  I don't smoke, drink, or eat (much) junk food.  I'm male, 44 years old, with arthritis in my right foot, some aches and pains in my back, and some stress at work.  But I look and feel great (most of the time), and most people can't believe that I'm not 10 years younger than my "real age". 

People can choose either to do things that make them healthy and happy, or choose the opposite (animals can't do that!) ... so I choose to be healthy and happy.  Why? (1) Who wants to be unhealthy and unhappy?  (2) I'm going to live to be 100, and maybe see E.T.!  Hope to see you there...

P.S.

...and I'm gonna live to be 100, even if it kills me!