Thoughts on Aging

At age 60, I am feeling great (today, lol) and am doing well at taking care of myself. I am 60% done, with a whopping 40% to go! I have a giant jar of marbles on my vanity – one for each week until I am 100. Each week I take a marble out. The space reminds me of the time passed, and the marbles left remind me that I will not be here forever – and if I have something to do or say (and I do!) – I better get to it and not waste any time.
When we are young, we have energy and health, but no money and little wisdom.
When we are very old, hopefully we have wisdom and some money.
The era those overlap, when we have money, health, and wisdom, is the best time – when all our options are on the table.
“Youth is a gift of nature, but age is a work of art.” – Garson Kanin
“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of life, the clearer we should see through it.” – Jean Paul Richter
“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent – that is the triumph over old age.” – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
“Wisdom is the gradual revision of one’s expectations through learning and trial, aligning them with current and future reality.“ —-Wow! That is a great definition,
Larry…Huge Congratulations on 16 years of Think Daily!
Thanks so much for all the insight and wisdom you’ve freely shared with all of your readers. Your example of dedication and determination has been tremendous.
Thank you! Enjoy this milestone day.
Cheers!
I’ve always understood Knowledge to be your accumulated understanding of all the things you’ve learned and tried in life (i.e., education/learning in any form coupled with experiences, good or bad, in any setting), and Wisdom is the timely APPLICATION of that knowledge in the proper context.
As someone said long before my time, ‘Sometimes wisdom comes with age; sometimes age comes all by itself.’ 🙂