I have read with interest the following article by an Anonymous writer which I would like to share with you. It is so true that growing old is a privilege denied to many. So, do not be afraid of the advancing years. One can benefit from being older. I always embrace my senior years because it has taken me a long time to be her!
How does it feel to be old?
The other day, a young person asked me: – how do you feel when you’re old?
I was very surprised by the question because I don’t consider myself old. When she saw my reaction, she immediately felt bad, but I explained to her that it was an interesting question. After thinking, I concluded that getting old is a gift. Sometimes I’m surprised by the person I see in my mirror. But I don’t care about these things in a long time. I wouldn’t change for all the gold in the world to have less grey hair and a flat stomach. I don’t force myself to make the bed, or to eat a few more “things”
I’m in my right to be a little messy, to be extravagant and to spend hours contemplating my flowers.
I saw some dear friends leave this world, before enjoying the freedom that comes with old age and gives the right to read or play on the computer until 4 AM AND THEN SLEEP UNTIL 4 am Don’t know what time?
I have the right to dance alone at the rhythm of the 50 s and 60 s and then cry if I feel like a love lost more than 40 years ago. I take the right to walk on the beach with a swimsuit that stretches on my plump body and take a dip in the waves by letting me wear, despite the compassionate looks of those who wear a bikini. 
They will also one day become old if they have the chance to live this long. It is true that through the years my heart has suffered for the loss of a loved one, for the pain of a child, or to see a pet die. But it is the suffering that gives us strength and makes us grow. A heart that has not been broken, is sterile and will never know the happiness of being imperfect. I feel proud to have lived long enough for my hair to become grey and to keep the smile of my youth before the deep paths appear on my face.
Now, to answer the question with sincerity, I can say: ” I like to be old, because old age makes me wiser, freer”
I know I will not live forever, but as long as I am here, I am going to live according to my own rules, those of my heart. I am not going to complain about what was not, nor worry about what will be. For the time I have left on this earth, I would just like to live my life as I did until today, the rest fate will decide for me.
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