honest truth?
i really am afraid to get old.
it looks really hard. and like it hurts a lot.
and i'm finding the whole concept harder and
harder to ignore. i realize it's actually gonna
happen. (think that means i've officially hit
middle age!!)
hang out at an assisted living place for a weekend
and it's really hard to ignore.
i have this theory. it's mine. i made it up.
and no, i have no scientific anything to back it up.
just my watchin' people.
theory is that as you grow old the more of who you
are comes out. it takes over your looks and your
movements. you can't hide it if you wanted to.
it gets stronger in you.
to me it explains beautiful old people and ugly
old people. and i've watched it a bit. i believe
in it.
makes me want to work on the good stuff now so that
takes over more than the bad. it looks like the
people with the good runnin' thru them have a lot
better of a time.
not because they don't get afflicted with the same
pains....but because their entire presence is different.
i saw the whole scale this weekend. and it made me more
of a believer.
ya know the 'attitude is everything' thought?
well, i'm thinking you see it the most clearly in the
elderly. but that's not true. you see it real clearly
everywhere. i think it's just i look there the most
cause of my fear.
if you have any doubts that attitude matters, go sit in
an assisted living place for a bit. then go home and work
on the good stuff inside of you. grow that stuff.
it's gonna come in handy!
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