Are You Wise Beyond Your Years Or Young At heart?
Aging is different than feeling old
I did the math, and I’m probably past being middle-aged at 52. Unless I end up living until I’m 104, I cruised through middle-age at least a decade ago. I’ve almost reached my wise old crone stage.
When I was young, I wanted so badly to grow up. Now that I’m old, there’s a part of me that wants to be young again — at least in some ways. I thought I was wise beyond my years until I grew up.
After reading an article from my writer friend Carol Lennox. LPC, M.Ed., I re-branded myself as an older woman.
I’ve liked calling myself middle-aged since I’m not yet elderly. But that ship has sailed. Although I’m not yet considered a senior citizen, I’m okay with being officially older.
Everyone ages. That’s the nature of being in a human body. We can act as old or young as we want, though.
What does acting old mean, anyway?
Does it mean we lose our ability to access our youthful spirit? Even if we lose skin elasticity or our ability to stay out past midnight, we can still act as young as we feel. Age is just a number if we think about it. And when our number is up, we die. So why not live while we still can?
