Views on Aging


 Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is

when we're kids? If you're less than ten years old, you're so excited about

aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half.

" You're never 36 and a half ....you're four and a half going on 5. You get

 into your teens; now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number. 

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16." You could be 12, but you're gonna be 

16.  Eventually.  Then the great day of your life; you become 21. Even the

 words sound like a ceremony. You BECOME 21....Yes!!  Then you turn 30. 

What happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk. He TURNED;  we had to 

throw him out. What's wrong? What changed? You BECOME 21; you TURN 30.  

Then you're PUSHING 40....stay over there. You REACH 50.   You BECOME 21; you 

TURN 30; You're PUSHING 40; you REACH 50; then you MAKE  IT to 60.  By then

 you've built up so much speed, you HIT 70. After that, it's a day by day 

thing. You HIT Wednesday...   You get into your 80's; you HIT lunch, you HIT

 4:30. My Grandmother won't even buy green bananas. "Well, it's an investment,

 you know, and maybe a bad one." And it doesn't  end there.... Into the 

90's, you start going backwards. "I was JUST 92."   Then a strange thing 

happens; if you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and

 a half." 

          Happy aging! 

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