What do you do when people start treating you like you’re old? I know I’ve reached a certain age and I’ll admit there’s a kind of freedom and peace that comes with aging but I don’t want to feel like I have passed the point of no return. Maybe I am just a rebel at heart but I refuse to be defined by a number.
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Hi Akasha…..LOVED THIS! It is “weird to be the same age as old people” I so agree.
Well done!
your downstairs neighbor whose number is greater than yours XO.
I loved this Akasha….you captured it perfectly.
This felt like I had written it myself, Akasha. Thank you so much for voicing so many of my unspoken thoughts. I have a terrible time thinking of myself as “old” and yet my body is falling apart, there are mornings I can hardly get out of bed (and not because I didn’t sleep well the night before, but because my back and hips just don’t want to stand up!), and I see someone doing something really reckless or so slowly and think “what is that old man doing, for heaven’s sake!” and then take a good look and think, “oh, my gosh, he’s probably younger than I am!!” Getting “old” is really humbling and, as you know, that is not a quality I embrace!! Thanks so much, my dear friend. As always, you knocked it out of the park (and I’m older then you!!). 🙂
Funny and true.
I actually love offers of help or doors held open. I may be completely able but help just feels so good. ?