getting old
i've heard of a lot of people not wanting to grow old. it's like old age is the end of the world. true at some point old age will take you to your end, eventually. all of us are bound to die at some point. it's just interesting to note that i don't dread growing old. a friend succinctly used the word "entitled" when asked how she felt reaching the big THREE ZERO.
yes, yes, being 30 doesn't equate to being old. OLD is when you reach 60 and get yourself a senior citizen's card {haha}. anyhow, "entitled" is a good enough word to describe my own feelings of reaching three decades on earth. she was right when she said that at this age, we're no longer too young to be considered naive nor too old to have gone past our prime. [i maybe getting this wrong, forgot her exact words]
if there's one thing that crosses my mind when talking about getting old, it's "why the heck confidence comes much, much later?" i don't know but to me getting old goes in tandem with gaining confidence. of course, there are those who were born confident and achieved confidence early in life [lucky them] but to some others like me, confidence comes way later. i'd say i have "getting old" to thank for for giving me that bit of confidence in myself and in everything that i do. oh, i still don't rule the world, but i sure feel that i can take on anything the world will throw at me. it's also at this age that you get to do things that you normally are unable to do because you're younger. to that i'm grateful that i'm getting old. though i say that i don't dread it, i most certainly don't welcome it with overeager open arms. of course, there are also some feelings of uncertainty. but like i said, getting old gives me a little boost of confidence enough to welcome the unknown. another realization about getting old is when you're much older you somehow are more accepting of mistakes. with that you try more things you wouldn't normally do had you been younger. when you're older you seem to lose the fear of making mistakes. i guess, it happens because when you're older you take more responsibility on your actions and so you try things. whether trying new things will turn out bad, you do it anyway, because then you are ready to take on the blame or be more accountable of your action. i haven't arrived at any plausible reason for this, yet.
yes, yes, being 30 doesn't equate to being old. OLD is when you reach 60 and get yourself a senior citizen's card {haha}. anyhow, "entitled" is a good enough word to describe my own feelings of reaching three decades on earth. she was right when she said that at this age, we're no longer too young to be considered naive nor too old to have gone past our prime. [i maybe getting this wrong, forgot her exact words]
if there's one thing that crosses my mind when talking about getting old, it's "why the heck confidence comes much, much later?" i don't know but to me getting old goes in tandem with gaining confidence. of course, there are those who were born confident and achieved confidence early in life [lucky them] but to some others like me, confidence comes way later. i'd say i have "getting old" to thank for for giving me that bit of confidence in myself and in everything that i do. oh, i still don't rule the world, but i sure feel that i can take on anything the world will throw at me. it's also at this age that you get to do things that you normally are unable to do because you're younger. to that i'm grateful that i'm getting old. though i say that i don't dread it, i most certainly don't welcome it with overeager open arms. of course, there are also some feelings of uncertainty. but like i said, getting old gives me a little boost of confidence enough to welcome the unknown. another realization about getting old is when you're much older you somehow are more accepting of mistakes. with that you try more things you wouldn't normally do had you been younger. when you're older you seem to lose the fear of making mistakes. i guess, it happens because when you're older you take more responsibility on your actions and so you try things. whether trying new things will turn out bad, you do it anyway, because then you are ready to take on the blame or be more accountable of your action. i haven't arrived at any plausible reason for this, yet.
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