On Getting Older

Getting Old Sucks!

Grey hair, achy bones,

vision and memory woes.

Feet a little wider,

teeth a little longer.

Battle of the bulge,

from an impulse to indulge.

Close friends fade away,

to a better place, they say.

Opinion and experience entombed,

Professor Google and Dr. Oz to resume.

Telephone calls reduced to a text,

 family gatherings too often a nix.

Yet, in spite of all of this,

I am happily sworn,

to a  long and active life to keep me warm.

Secure in the knowledge and with a little luck,

 everyone will experience how getting old sucks .**

                                                                                                     ♥ p.o.martig

Whoa…Wait A Minute

**This maybe true if you’re a whiny baby,  but if you’re like the loving seniors kissing in the picture above or the fabulous senior in the video below, embracing the retirement dream is awesome.  

It just seems as we finally get to maturity, often clawing and scraping along the way, that we suddenly have to say goodbye?  I personally don’t want to go no matter how many people say its so!

Keep moving.  Don’t waste this final opportunity to reinvent yourself!  Growing older is a gift that, sadly, many do not get to experience.  

Life is a sparkling diamond– a shiny lucky coin; yours for the keeping. Take exceptional care of this treasure; your health depends on it.

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*You tube Video: 80 Year Old Bodybuilder’s Faith Drives Her to Succeed