There is no old. There is time left to change. Right now, change.
You stay curious forever and as active and independent as possible. Believe in heaven and until you die, you live. Go to the heavenly transition fighting. Masters don’t retire. For ninety years or the last ninety days, they have been self-reliant and continue to do what they choose to do. Improve yourself and help others.
Age discrimination is a self-fulfilling prophesy for wimps. You can start and run a business. You can become an investor and buy property. You can pass on your hard learned wisdom. You can volunteer. You can cheer on your grandchildren. You can wine and dine and date and dance and travel. You can laugh and have something interesting to say. You can endorse worthy causes and pester those in power to listen.
You can learn to play golf or speak a foreign language. You can get really good at bocce using a walker or earn a black belt in karate specializing in cane techniques. You can train for a marathon. Maybe you start by walking a mile a day and complete the marathon in a month. Next month, you finish your marathon in three weeks. Join a gym and start weight lifting with two pounds and increase to ten pounds. Your training regime leaves you sore. Your joints and muscle ache. This is good. Feel the burn. Pity the crabby old coot in the rocking chair. You are living on your terms.
Keep earning so that you can spoil yourself. It’s good for the spirit. Buy new clothes and good wine. Get a massage. If you want to try Botox, go for it.
Do not moan away your days with regrets. Where you can amend wrongs, you amend the wrong and, then, you move on. For good or bad, the past is the past. Be better today and better tomorrow than today. Help those close to you who can not help themselves. Encourage the rest.
You can be a positive life force even if you are in a hospital bed or a prison cell.
