An Internet conflicted?
When you look up “aging blog” on Google, the first entry is “Time Goes By – What It’s Really Like to Get Older” (one of my favorite blogs), and, immediatelly following that is a link for “Fight Aging!”.
Even though people will claim it’s just the “signs of aging” that people want to fight, it is, in a way, disturbing to me in light of my recent experiences with my parents.
Though it’s important to look your best (something I apparently forgot, today) do we forget that we are all aging every day? Though I do joke about it sometimes, why is that a bad thing?
If we don’t age, I’m pretty sure the altenative is not being around.
At some point, we realize that every day, above ground, has its good points.
*smile*
I’ve so far made it to the age of 60. I don’t mind being my age, or the wrinkles, or the gray hair (I’m a guy–I’m glad I have hair). The problem is really the steadily gathering aches and pains. When all is said and done, the body is a machine that wears out. That process can be painful. The most charitable spin I can put on it is that when people talk about “fighting age” it’s really a shorthand for trying to stay healthy.