“All the old jokes about old people are fast becoming thin now. Ageism is a lie. The only way to counter it is to refuse to let it taint our lives. Age is not a thing to be pitied, to apologize for, to fear, to resist, to see as a sign of doom. Only the old can make age a bright and vibrant place to be. If we don’t, we stand to waste a full twenty-five to thirty percent of our lives. And waste is always a pity.”
– Joan Chittister, The Gift Of Years.
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My assistant holding court. He always lets me know when he is present.
“The only way to counter it is to refuse to let it taint our lives.”
It is often amusing to me to see the artificial ways in which people attempt to look younger, which almost always has the opposite effect. Looking my age is a way to refuse to let it taint my life…