Getting older.

[Dr. Shon]

What do you like about getting older? I feel like I am finally coming into my own. I hated being young - especially those awful teen years. I posted a similar thread on another section of this board and found many who had similar feelings. Thought I would see if the same held true here.

[Blueskies]

I think what I like about being older is the humility. The fact that I know I've failed so many times (and how!:amen: ) and that at this point, I take no shame in the fact that I will certainly fail again. I've just grown enough to put it into perspective. I know now that I can do nothing without the father and the grace of Messiah, and so I'm finally learning to stop trying.:doh: I can only hope that it continues, cause I think I might be getting better with age. :)

[visionary]

When I hit 24 I quit aging...until someone tries to remind me..."you are a grandma now"...I just do not think about it...and I am fortunate that there is no ache in the bones, no weariness of age, no "feeling too old" unless they start talking about the latest songs... then I must admit I do not get today's music.... rap, who can understand that noise... then I guess that is when my ages shows.

[plum]

at this season in my life, getting older means growing out of the skin of immaturity and assuming i know anything at all.

[beej7]

When I hit 24 I quit aging...until someone tries to remind me.

I stopped somewhere there, too. :D
What I like best about where I am is that I feel perfectly comfortable wearing flat shoes. I like to look stylish, but I am not as worried about fads and looking 10 years younger than I am. I'm getting more comfortable in my skin.
I am very happy to look at my son and be thankful for his successes and know I had a part in his life. I am also very happy that those successes happen in his home, and not mine..I don't have to focus everything on my children---which I was happy to do at the time, but am glad that it is almost over. (I have one adult child still at home.)

There are times I wish I were younger, but only because I would like to have the same energy I had then. I still need it but it seems to be gone. :eek:

Beej

[jgonz]

I fit in my skin better now than I did when I was younger. I'm more confident, but at the same time I've gotten to the point where I can honestly say "the older I get the less I know". 45 isn't so bad. ;)

[Bon]

I cried when I turned 30....I thought I was sooooooo old.

When I turned 40, it didn't phase me in the least.....then 41 a few weeks back and :shrug: whatever!. :D

A girl I work with was fussing about how "OLD" she is. She's turning 30 in a couple of weeks.....

I said to her "remember this conversation, I'm telling you that 30 is soooo young, and when you turn 40, you'll think back to this day and say, 'YEP!, it is isn't it.' "

I have found that with age comes a 'certain' acceptance of lifes offerings, and world events, through a better understanding.

When I was in my teens and twenties and even into my thirties I was loud and opinionated, and did a lot of "speaking before I thought".....(as my hubby used to say to me, 'engage brain, before talking'). Now-a-days, I prefer to leave all the "noisy comments" to the younger generation.

I have definately mellowed with age, and am happier to quiet myself and take-in the 'sounds' of the world, rather than, add to the noise, with my own voice.

Does that make sense? (perhaps more-so to the over forties...no?)

Bon

[Yhudah]

You people, most of you, are just mere babes here.

So that explains it!

As to why my posts are so often misunderstand.LOL.

Here I am at age 53, in discussions with mostly a bunch of youngsters.

No, wonder, many seldom understand much of what I post here. (smiling)


Be blessed as you seek to bless others!


Yehuda

[Dr. Shon]

Thanks for all the posts, guys. You all raise some good points. I feel more content and confident now than I ever did when I was younger. And I have learned that I need to lean more on God. And I'm old enough that I can even understand good OLD Yehuda!! ;) God bless each of you.

[Yhudah]

I'm old enough that I can even understand good OLD Yehuda!


dear lord, you mean someone understands my posts!

Well . . . even if it''s only one out ten, that's better than none at all. (smiling)


Be blessed.

Yehuda