Are you okay with being your age?

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I was watching TV about these 20 somethings building a home out in the wilderness. They are chopping firewood, hauling stuff around, etc. It will be a hard, exhaustive life, living off the grid in the middle of nowhere. I thought those idiots, they think there are going to have a 20+ year old body forever. Then it dawned on me that I'm kind of happy to be the age I am-77. Yeah, the bod is shot, but considering the alternative, I'm happy being as old as I am, with all that comes with it. Are you okay with being your age?
 

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I was watching TV about these 20 somethings building a home out in the wilderness. They chopping fire wood, etc. I thought those idiots they think they are going to have a 20+ year old body forever. Then it dawned on me that I'm kind of happy to be the age I am-77. Yeah, the bod is shot, but considering the alternative, I'm happy being as old as I am, with all that comes with it. Are you okay with being your age?
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I am...or at least I would be if it didn't come with the Osteoarthritis pain.. which is constant.. I never get a rest from it.

Otherwise I'm fine with my age, !!
 
My response is "Beats the alternative". I am pleased with where I am in life, and that I am doing OK at my age.

A lady in my building died earlier this week...at age 98. Sharp as a tack, played bingo here twice a week. Crocheted and always a pleasure to chat with. She once said she hoped to see 100.
My life is OK.
 
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I was watching TV about these 20 somethings building a home out in the wilderness. They are chopping firewood, hauling stuff around, etc. It will be a hard, exhaustive life, living off the grid in the middle of nowhere. I thought those idiots, they think there are going to have a 20+ year old body forever. Then it dawned on me that I'm kind of happy to be the age I am-77. Yeah, the bod is shot, but considering the alternative, I'm happy being as old as I am, with all that comes with it. Are you okay with being your age?
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Yes, I'm ok with it, but sure as hell wished I'd done things like that. Something I'll always regret was to not have tried.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
 
Well I think I wished away my days and nights waiting for a better tomorrow.
I should have plowed my own path when I was young; found my purpose.
At this age, I've finally found my goal, my creativity, the strength and wisdom
inside me. Why did it take a whole lifetime?
Don't know how to answer this question. I would be happier with my age
if I hadn't wasted this life wallowing in ignorance, but I'm healthy, active and
grateful for everything, reasonably happy. Is this a yes or a no?
 
Disgustedman said:
Yes, I'm ok with it, but sure as hell wished I'd done things like that. Something I'll always regret was to not have tried.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
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LOVE that quote! LOVE Theodore Roosevelt! Thanks for posting that!
 
No. I want to feel great, not compromise as I have done since I hit 50+. I am so inspired by folks in their eighties and nineties who do do yoga and weight lifting and look and behave much younger than their ages because of it. They also know how to eat healthy. These are people I can learn from and emulate to do the same in my own life.
 
Gaer said:
Well I think I wished away my days and nights waiting for a better tomorrow.
I should have plowed my own path when I was young; found my purpose.
At this age, I've finally found my goal, my creativity, the strength and wisdom
inside me. Why did it take a whole lifetime?
Don't know how to answer this question. I would be happier with my age
if I hadn't wasted this life wallowing in ignorance, but I'm healthy, active and
grateful for everything, reasonably happy. Is this a yes or a no?
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Maybe you needed that life experience to find that goal, that creativity and that wisdom.
 
chic said:
No. I want to feel great, not compromise as I have done since I hit 50+. I am so inspired by folks in their eighties and nineties who do do yoga and weight lifting and look and behave much younger than their ages because of it. They also know how to eat healthy. These are people I can learn from and emulate to do the same in my own life.
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Everything changed for me at 50, too. Am I okay with being my age? Haven't really been okay with it for 15 years now, but I can't do anything about it so onward I go. šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø
 

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