Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Reflections on Growing Older

The hour-glass spills its grains of sand: one grain less memory today, one grain less strength tomorrow.

The moving sands
change time and being
imperceptibly
grain by grain.

We are all aging every day whether we go from 29 to 30 or 59 to 60.

How we decide to deal with the aging process determines whether we will feel anger and despair or whether we will decide to accept those changes which will inevitably occur as we age.

If we take care of our health, retain our self-esteem, continue to develop our mental capacities and participate in activities which we find enjoyable, then aging will become less of a burden and more of a challenge.

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