Do not regret growing older

[DainBramaged]

It is a privilege denied many.


A thought for the day, told to me by a friend.



I think I completely agree.

[Hydra]

1. Older, wiser, more awesome

Hey, it worked for George Carlin

[Lugnut]

2. Embrace the gray hair!

I figure the numbers don't lie so why should i?

[Johnny Noshoes]

14. That's what I say...

I earned every damn one of them!

[RebelOne]

22. Nope I don't. As long as hair color companies are in existence, I will never be gray. n/t

[Enthusiast]

24. Hair?

[Skidmore]

38. Haha! My 5 yr old grandson last week

told me, "Grandma, you are fading to gray."

I wish that I would fade faster to keep pace with my wrinkling and the number of aching joints I have.

[liberal_at_heart]

41. I'm starting to get those worry lines between my eyebrows. Oh, well. I have had plenty to worry

about these past few years. I can still smile though. Something I've noticed about older people with wrinkles. If they are smiling and have laughter in their eyes you just want to be around them.

[a kennedy]

49. First off, I call my silver streaked hair "sterling".....just sounds so much more rich.

Gray, ugh boring..... now sterling....rich, shinny, a whole different attitude. JMHO

[Autumn]

3. Old age is precious. Too many are denied it

Rec for your post.

[Johnny Noshoes]

15. I'll be 60 next year...

my little brother never made it to 50..so I figure everyday no matter what my troubles I'm still here, still alive, and there's always possibilities for change.

[B Calm]

4. True, but getting old is not painless. .

[DainBramaged]

6. Oh I know, boy do I know

[rl6214]

50. I hear ya there

It's 6am here and I'm still awake because of pain from a bad back that went out on me Monday and pain in my feet from diabetic neuropathy.

[medeak]

10. no shit n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

35. I've told people that if I woke up one morning and nothing was hurting,

I would think I had died during the night. Such is life!

[Skidmore]

39. I hear you. I realized a few days ago that

it had been some time since I had been without aches and pains. Once in a while I consider going to a doctor about it but have a feeling that I will just be told that its due to aging.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. Easy for you to say, you young whippersnapper.

[whttevrr]

7. I grew up singing "Hope I die before I get old"

Old is like... 100, right?

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

8. One thing I learned as I aged

"You are where you are supposed to be, at the time you are supposed to be there."

Little bit physics, little bit Buddhism.

Younger I tried to escape that, tried to "change" time and circumstance.
Now I accept the thought, embrace it.

[NuclearDem]

9. Fortunately, thanks to denial, I'll never have to worry about it!

I'm going to be 24 forever.

[DainBramaged]

12. You are always the same age inside

I still think I'm 18 but my body says 62

[Ernesto]

11. I used to be "Meathead"........

but now, I'm "Archie"!

[malaise]

13. I'm lovin' it

Hubby - not so much.

[a kennedy]

51. I hear ya, my husband turned 68 last week and he is still trying to get over turning 40.

Oh yah, he's having a hard time of it..... I think turning a certain age really does affect some people more then others.

[malaise]

55. Isn't that the truth

I keep reminding him that his other option is even less desirable

[bvar22]

16. If you are VERY Lucky, and don't swim with sharks,

Getting Old is what happens!
It is the reward.

[SunSeeker]

17. K & R

[toby jo]

18. Age is great stuff. Spirit grows younger and stronger, more flexible and vital. Love it.

Body's gonna kick, so I ignore it, eh?

[russspeakeasy]

19. Yes, it is a privlidge; it is also expensive.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. No Way To Argue That!

I have no issues with getting older every day. Everybody dies, eventually. Better to have lived well, enjoyed at least some of life, and just not worry about it.
GAC

[Rex]

21. You have a very smart friend.

I envy you.

[RebelOne]

23. I am 74, and I hate being this old, but it is better than the alternative,

which is 6 feet under. n/t

[dana_b]

28. that's what I say around birthdays

no, the year added to my body sucks but what's the alternative? Nah, I think we'll just keep adding those years and stick around a little longer.

[Le Taz Hot]

25. I LOVE growing older.

Well, not the stuff with the body but I love all the stuff with the mind. For some reason it sort of all has coalesced in my 50's and I think I finally have it pretty much figured out. I'm as poor as I ever was but am also the happiest I've ever been.

[RebelOne]

26. Nowadays, this is my favorite song.

[Gin]

27. Im not getting older...im getting bitter

aging is not for the faint of heart.


Instead of being in my golden years....im in my tin foil years.

[Arkansas Granny]

37. Absolutely! You have be tough to get this far.

[HockeyMom]

29. I think about all my childhood friends

who never made it to my age (65). Some died far, far too young. Some died fighting for this country in Nam. They did not live long enough to marry, have children, see their children grow up, marry, and have children of their own.

I think the hardest for me is to realize that I am now older than my Dad was (62) when he passed away. I haven't exactly lived my life doing everything doctors say is "healthy" for you, but I have made it. Why? I cannot say, but there must be a reason why. Maybe in the grand plan my work isn't finished yet?

[DainBramaged]

30. Me too, all the time

[ljm2002]

31. I always liked what Herb Caen had to say about aging...

...to wit: It beats the alternative.

[99th_Monkey]

32. To a point

I agree.

My mom is 97, and I'm not completely convinced I really
want to live that long, but still ...

one never knows, until the time comes to know.


I never thought I'd "get old" in the first place, and part of
me still doesn't. funny that.

[skip fox]

33. How many more generations will there be in which a person can grow old gracefully?

I'm 66 and loving it.

[Blue_In_AK]

47. Ditto.

67 next month.

[liberal_at_heart]

34. My mom died in her early thirties. I am 37. I will never be ashamed to admit my age.

I do feel privileged and grateful to be the age I am.

[GalaxyHunter]

36. so true!!!

[Nay]

40. I'm glad to have lived to 62, for sure, but I wish my goddamned knee didn't hurt so much.

I see the doc next week - hope it's fixable, and not just aging.

[DainBramaged]

42. For all of us "oldies", good night

[Egalitarian Thug]

43. The only thing I miss is my body. Now, I'm much wiser,

I understand much more about a whole range of things that I thought unimportant, I'm a better lover, I appreciate so much more about so many things, and bald is fashion now, so I don't even miss my hair.

I'm also the last living member of my family, so your friend's thought is all the more poignant.

But OMG, I was so beautiful...

[steve2470]

44. very wise thoughts, I'll have to remember them on my 55th in a few weeks

[Cha]

45. There's nothing to be done about it.. and I do appreciate still

being around. but, that's doesn't mean I don't miss my younger self.

[DainBramaged]

48. I miss getting up without something not hurting

[Blue_In_AK]

46. It beats the alternative for sure.

[LisaLynne]

58. That's what my grandmother always used to say ...

She lived to be 97!

[Blue_In_AK]

64. I plan to live until I'm 93.

[pinboy3niner]

52. Hell, I was sure I'd die before 30

Since then, it's all gravy.

[tridim]

53. I regretted it when I turned 30...

and it resulted in essentially wasting my entire 30's. It didn't help that it occurred during the Bush admin.

My attitude completely changed when I turned 40. Not sure why, but so far so good!

[DinahMoeHum]

54. Here's to "Growing Older (But Not Up)" - Jimmy Buffett

I'm growing older but not up
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck
Let the winds of time blow over my head
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead

[wtmusic]

56. Sucks in some ways, doesn't in most.

Peace of mind. Perspective. Not giving a rat's ass about what other people think of you.

These give one strength to face the physical challenges.

[Fozzledick]

57. "I got old & shit in my pants"

Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush

I got old & shit in my pants
shit in my pants
shit in my pants
I got old & shit in my pants
shit in my pants again

We got old & shit in our pants
shit in our pants
shit in our pants
We got old & shit in our pants
shit in our pants again

You'll be lucky if you get old
& shit in your pants
& shit in your pants
You'll be lucky if you get old
& shit in your pants again

Allen Ginsberg
January 1, 1994

[demwing]

59. I don't mind the grey hairs on my head

but when my chest hair started going grey, I was sad

[DainBramaged]

60. My hair and mustache have turned mostly grey

My eyebrows are still black

[demwing]

61. I'm 50, beard is white

And about once a month I'll find a white eyebrow hair. I never see them grow, it's kind of weird. I just wake up and there'll be a big, ropey, white hair in my brow. I think they drain their color overnight.

[spanone]

62. it beats the alternative...

[DainBramaged]

63. Every day is a gift