‘You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,’ so goes the dictum. But, then, if the dog is adamant, you can’t stop the dog from learning. Age is just a number. Don’t let it overpower your life.
I often think about this question. Well, I should, considering my caller tune is ’18 till I die by Bryan Adams’ and I am not 18. Although, I am not 18 by the number of years I have lived. That is the attitude to life
What does that mean by the way, 18 by attitude to life? I guess it means some of the few things below:
1. To never stop learning new things as long as physical ability doesn’t inhibit
2. To strive for happiness, day after day
3. To never say no to love
4. To never do things or not do them because you are a certain age
5. To dance, run, play just like someone who is excited about what life has to offer
We change with age. Age is just a number
When I was 18, I had no clue what I wanted from life and why I existed. We never really quite close to understanding why we exist. Some of us figure it sometime during the course of our lives and some of us never figure it.
I think it is an important question to think about? I believe that in the Aristotle saying ‘happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.’ You may ask: whose happiness?
Relationship between age and happiness
Well, like everything in life, happiness begins with us. We can’t share what we haven’t got. Happiness isn’t external. It is an internal phenomenon. Nobody can tell how happy you are. Only you can tell how happy or unhappy you feel inside. You brain or your heart, whatever it is, tells you, if you are happy or not. What if you don’t quite realize the source of your happiness early in life? Does that mean you are doomed to unhappiness for the rest of your life? After all, the pursuit of happiness is a trial and error process.
Let’s come back to age. I think most people compromise with their lives because they have reached a certain age without really figuring what makes them happy. They lead lives of conformity. They try to believe in the collective belief that happiness is getting a job, going to work, getting married and making kids. The curse we face is called collective opinion.
Age doesn’t matter unless you are hale and hearty. If you can maintain your health and keep yourself healthy-mentally and physically, there should be no limits to what you can do with yourself. Eventually, all of us will die, why not die young?
Why should your dreams, ambitions and happiness be caged inside the walls of how old you are? Just because you didn’t realize who you really are earlier, doesn’t mean you should die without having a go at who you really think you are.
Conclusion
Mark Twain said that ‘age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.’
As for me, ’18 till I die.’ The meaning that you give to age is up to you. Yes,age is just a number, but it has meaning. The meaning is up to you.
Do not let your age define the level of happiness you feel. Go after your happiness, no matter how old you are. In fact, life gets better with age.
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