Is There ANYTHING Good About Getting Older?
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I turn 30 in less than two weeks. I have moments of panic about it...I can see my age starting to show, and it's a little scary for me. Wrinkles that don't smooth out...gray hair...I dunno, it's like looking at a stranger in the mirror. And the regrets I've got- wondering why I didn't do more worthwhile things, when I had the time and energy. Wondering if I've made the right choices. I'd say it's like having a mid-life crisis, but I don't think I'm allowed to do that for at least another decade...
So, getting older, yeah. It's a little scary to me. But at the same time, I look forward to the years ahead- seeing my kids grow up, learning more about myself and finding my niche, and so much more. You know, life, and stuff. There's a lot of adventures ahead, if I can keep myself from worrying and panicking.
So, getting older, yeah. It's a little scary to me. But at the same time, I look forward to the years ahead- seeing my kids grow up, learning more about myself and finding my niche, and so much more. You know, life, and stuff. There's a lot of adventures ahead, if I can keep myself from worrying and panicking.
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I have friends who are already moaning about how everything falls apart at 30. I guess it's possible, but I think it's all hype.
My sarcastic answer about the best part of getting old is that you die. But that's so defeatist (and premature in my case). So many people are focused on the future they can't enjoy the present, and then few actually act on their fears in a productive manner.
Plan for retirement, exercise, take care of yourself the best you can, etc. Then stop and enjoy the fact that you're still breathing.
When I step into the cage, I can throw around more weight now than I could two years ago. Admittedly not as much as I could a month ago, but these things ebb and flow.
If you maintain your muscle mass, the aging process can actually be fairly graceful. I know guys who are still healthy well into their 60's and even in their 70's, and not all of them are avid gym goers, they just make sure to get some exercise once or twice a week and watch what they eat.
And, I'll leave you all with a blast from the past
[video=youtube;yT_HE93pkC4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT_HE93pkC4[/video]
My sarcastic answer about the best part of getting old is that you die. But that's so defeatist (and premature in my case). So many people are focused on the future they can't enjoy the present, and then few actually act on their fears in a productive manner.
Plan for retirement, exercise, take care of yourself the best you can, etc. Then stop and enjoy the fact that you're still breathing.
When I step into the cage, I can throw around more weight now than I could two years ago. Admittedly not as much as I could a month ago, but these things ebb and flow.
If you maintain your muscle mass, the aging process can actually be fairly graceful. I know guys who are still healthy well into their 60's and even in their 70's, and not all of them are avid gym goers, they just make sure to get some exercise once or twice a week and watch what they eat.
And, I'll leave you all with a blast from the past
[video=youtube;yT_HE93pkC4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT_HE93pkC4[/video]
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If you dig around, you'll see from my earlier posts I wasn't always healthy.
If I'd let that stop me, I'd never be where I am today. I went from pulling one of my hip abductor muscles squatting 50 pounds (so much inactivity I wasn't limber enough) to doing 325-355, and the 325 I can do without a brace.
I tell every one of my friends my age when they start moaning to just do something about it. Get off the couch and do something about it.
If I'd let that stop me, I'd never be where I am today. I went from pulling one of my hip abductor muscles squatting 50 pounds (so much inactivity I wasn't limber enough) to doing 325-355, and the 325 I can do without a brace.
I tell every one of my friends my age when they start moaning to just do something about it. Get off the couch and do something about it.
I'm 45. Totally middle aged. 
I enjoy it MUCH more than I thought I would at 25. I like ME better. I know my limitations, I know my desires, I know what going full bore is, and how to rest.
I do care about what people think, but not so much that I am concerned about it like I was when I was younger. I like the way I look better, I know who I am so much more.
And, I know who I am in Christ so much more than I did in my 20s or 30s. I have nothing but hope for my future.
I enjoy it MUCH more than I thought I would at 25. I like ME better. I know my limitations, I know my desires, I know what going full bore is, and how to rest. I do care about what people think, but not so much that I am concerned about it like I was when I was younger. I like the way I look better, I know who I am so much more.
And, I know who I am in Christ so much more than I did in my 20s or 30s. I have nothing but hope for my future.
Im glad your better...just saying your 29 so this issue is not as clear to you as it might be one day.
so this issue is not as clear to you as it might be one day.
I have now gotten in the habit of telling people who talk down to me, "Well, age is a relative thing. To my (nearly 100-year-old grandparent), anyone younger than 85 is just a teenager." (Even though my grandparent never speaks down to anyone in that manner.) I was telling a customer about my relative and he was in awe of this, even though he himself was 88 years old.
We never know what people have been through. I've known some young people who have been through very serious illnesses, and a good friend of mine battled cancer in her late 20's, during which time her husband left her for another woman because he didn't want to deal with a sick spouse. She drove herself to and from her chemo and all other appointments alone (this was before I knew her or I surely would have tried to help.)
Back when I was in my late 20's I had to go through a series of tests for cancer myself (praise God they came back negative) but I remember what a scary, lonely time that was and how I felt so numb inside I thought I'd die simply from a lack of being able to feel anything, just because the emotional pain was so mind-numbing.
"Getting older" is also a very relative thing. In my family, people have often lived to be almost 90 or older.
For someone battling a serious illness at age 20, "getting older" might be making it to 25.
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Hope this serves for anything good...
https://starsimplified.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/youre-getting-older-when/
https://starsimplified.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/youre-getting-older-when/
I certainly understand this point but I often feel as if people see the entire pinnacle of the Christian life... is to die.
Yes, I know it gets us to Jesus.
But I've always felt that if all we're doing is waiting to die (and go to Jesus), shouldn't we all then pray that we'll hurry up and die as soon as possible? Even Paul said he would rather be with Jesus...
Which is yet another reason why, even since childhood, I dreaded getting older. And my childhood prayers were often, "If being with you is as wonderful as everyone says it is, please do whatever it takes to get me to You as soon as possible."
As a child, it seemed, from what everyone was telling me ("In heaven there is no more sadness!" "In heaven there is no sin, no injustice, no suffering!" "In heaven our joy is complete!"), that THE greatest thing to do in this life is to die, and I couldn't figure out why in the world anyone actually wanted to LIVE, because it was delaying the marvelous time you could be spending with Jesus...
Thus being part of the reason why I spiraled into an uncontrollable depression even as a young child.
I always figured the most Christian thing to do was to try to do as much good as you could in this life, all while praying for God to kill you as soon as possible so that you could be with Him.
Yes, I know it gets us to Jesus.
But I've always felt that if all we're doing is waiting to die (and go to Jesus), shouldn't we all then pray that we'll hurry up and die as soon as possible? Even Paul said he would rather be with Jesus...
Which is yet another reason why, even since childhood, I dreaded getting older. And my childhood prayers were often, "If being with you is as wonderful as everyone says it is, please do whatever it takes to get me to You as soon as possible."
As a child, it seemed, from what everyone was telling me ("In heaven there is no more sadness!" "In heaven there is no sin, no injustice, no suffering!" "In heaven our joy is complete!"), that THE greatest thing to do in this life is to die, and I couldn't figure out why in the world anyone actually wanted to LIVE, because it was delaying the marvelous time you could be spending with Jesus...
Thus being part of the reason why I spiraled into an uncontrollable depression even as a young child.
I always figured the most Christian thing to do was to try to do as much good as you could in this life, all while praying for God to kill you as soon as possible so that you could be with Him.
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