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Great post. It is so true that as we age we just become more of what we always were. 
posted by
TAPS.
on April 26, 2013 at 10:13 PM
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Ciel
That was beautiful, you made me feel happy to be a physically deteriorating young 76. Bless your heart.
posted by
WileyJohn
on April 26, 2013 at 5:18 PM
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Re: BC-A,
Personally, I am not eager to live to an advanced age. I don't want to be frail and brittle and helpless, and frustrated beyond measure.
posted by
Ciel
on April 26, 2013 at 7:45 AM
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Re: Annicita,
I've heard the same. You go, girl! Oh... you did, didn't you? 
posted by
Ciel
on April 26, 2013 at 7:43 AM
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Re: Naut,
It's a real compliment, And I would love to hear some of those thoughts even just as thoughts, without having to dive into the depths of analysis and debate.
posted by
Ciel
on April 26, 2013 at 7:41 AM
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Ciel
II’m going to say that the last twenty years seems like yesterday. In another twenty I could be dead. In fact a New York disc jockey Ted Brown said on the air when he turned 40 that if the next 40 years go as fast he’ll be in trouble. He died in 2005 at age 71. So he even didn’t have as long as that at that point love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on April 26, 2013 at 4:19 AM
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I don't remember where I read this but I think it is true...women feel more sexual after menopause because they no longer fear pregnant...are more sure of what they want and more vocal about their needs... I know that I feel that way...
I dont feel old but rather just hitting my stride
posted by
Annicita
on April 25, 2013 at 10:47 PM
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Ciel
You have a wonderful talent of raising issues that make me think, and often, strangely enough, of thoughts that are quite familiar. My problem is that I find it difficult to deal with them in the here and now of Blogit - the format imposes too many constraints, and does not really lend itself to lengthy analyses or even just a lively debate. Which is why I stick to simple things, like Islam, for example, LOL, and my doggies, and sometimes I have a 'series' - but even those are rarely satisfying, and of course boring to most...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 25, 2013 at 3:34 PM
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Re: JimmyA,
I agree, the state of mind has its own age, alongside the body's aging. The benefits of lessons learned and experience generally, grace the older mind that has kept rockin' and rollin' down the years.
posted by
Ciel
on April 25, 2013 at 3:18 PM
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I know you've heard this before, and I'm sure you're going to hear it a few more times: age is really a state of mind. I've known people in their 80's who were sharp as a tack, just as I've known people in their 30's who seemed to have no clue as to what was going on around them! Age can create limitations on the body, and may even "muddy up" our thought process from time to time, but I feel that a strong will and a full life can circumvent all of that! There's an obscure song by the group Jethro Tull entitled "Too Young To Die, Too Old To Rock & Roll," that always left people thinking. But as any rock 'n roller will tell you, you're never too old to rock & roll! Nice post, and a great topic to discuss . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on April 25, 2013 at 1:39 PM
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Re: CCT,
Children think in the most wonderful, unbound ways! And I agree, comes an age, competing isn't worth the effort, or whatever reward we once got from it. Though some people never seem to give it up... and I don't give it up every day. 
But certainly, if we've a mind to, we do get to know ourselves better, and understand why we do some of the negatory things we do, and so give ourselves more power to stop doing them.
posted by
Ciel
on April 25, 2013 at 12:10 PM
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I think you are right Ceil. perhaps as well we can tolerate folk better, not feeling we have to prove anything. It may be the pills but it somehow feels the gloom most encounter at an early age has at last released its grip. Well I was five years old and I was running across some green grass and suddenly I thought, Why have I got this black pain in my mind.?
posted by
C_C_T
on April 25, 2013 at 11:58 AM
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