VISITING
AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
JULY
2011
Aging
Gracefully
Author Unknown
Forwarded by
American Aid Society, Chicago
Long
ago when men cursed and beat the
ground with sticks it was called witchcraft
- today it's called golf.
Eventually
you can reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start
bragging about it.
The
older we get, the fewer things seem worth
waiting in line for.
Some
people try to turn back their odometers.
Not me. I want people to know
"why" I look this way. I've traveled a long way and
some of the roads weren't paved.
How
old would you be if I you didn't know
how old you are?
When
you are dissatisfied and would like to
go back to youth, think of algebra.
You
know you are getting old when everything
either dries up or leaks.
One
of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a
nice change from
being young.
One
must wait until evening to see how splendid
the day has been.
Ah,
being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
Old
age is when former classmates are so
gray and wrinkled and bald, they don't
recognize you.
If
you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you
won't have anything to laugh at when
you are old.
First
you forget names, then you forget faces.
Then you forget to pull up your zipper. Then, oh my goodness, you forgot
to pull your zipper down!
If
you jog in a jogging suit, lounge in lounging
pajamas and smoke in a smoking
jacket - why would anyone want to
wear a windbreaker?
And
best of all, I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to
the top.
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