Over the years I’ve realized that
life is journey of lessons and experiences containing successes and mistakes.
And there’s lots of great things
about getting older that none tells you about when you’re young
Lifehack offers this list of 11
positive things about ageing.
1.
You don’t always have to be right
Remember how important it was to be
right when you were younger?
Well, as the years pass by, we begin
to understand that it’s often better to lose a few battles in order to win the
war.
2.
You learn not to judge
In the Western world, we learn early
on to want material things and strive to get them.
As we get older, ‘stuff’ becomes
less important than people and relationships and we learn not to judge, but
just to accept people as they are.
3.
You begin to want less
We accumulate so much ‘stuff’ on our
journey through life and much of this is redundant and in excess of what we
actually need.
As we get older, we begin to realize
that sometimes less is more.
It’s an incremental understanding
that we don’t need to surround ourselves with a whole lot of material things.
4.
You gain more confidence in making decisions.
Its true age brings wisdom. It can
also bring more confidence.
Why? Because we accumulate experience
and our life lessons are powerful tools to draw from to make future decisions.
Yes we’ve made mistakes, but we’ve
learned from them and that instills an innate confidence for future decision
making.
5.
Your children become your friends
It’s hard to think of our children
as friends when they are firstly so dependent upon us and then perhaps when
they’re rebellious against us, or even hate us, during their teenage years.
What nobody tells us is that as they
become adults, grow into their own lives and fulfill their own dreams, we as
parents take on a different role.
Children now return to the family
home and hearth as individuals in their own right and as friends.
6.
You understand that there’s no point in telling anyone what to do
At a certain age, you then realize
that there’s no point in telling anyone what to do, that actually, if you think
about it, being given advice you didn’t ask for doesn’t feel very nice.
7.
You learn that wrinkles should be worn with pride
Later in life, we realize that we
are fortunate to be growing old and that wrinkles stand as a testimony to our
experiences.
It shows that we have successfully
navigated the troughs and peaks of life.
Wrinkles represent the days of our
lives, each telling a different story.
8.
You are able to treat your parents with unconditional respect
Our parents, although we love them,
may have driven us mad at some point in our lives, and for those of us with
children ourselves, the pattern is repeated.
As we get older, we learn how to
treat our mothers and fathers with respect and how to have patience as they
reach their autumn years because we have better understanding of the trials and
tribulations they have gone through in the process of aging.
9.
It’s O.K. to play the fool again
As children we laughed, played the
fool and generally didn’t think too much about what other people thought about
us.
Then our ego’s developed, self-awareness
set in and we began to reign in our inner child, and squash the idiosyncratic
part of us that was once so spontaneous.
When we reach a certain age, it
begins to matter less what other people think and not taking ourselves so
seriously becomes an option once again.
10.
You learn not to criticize
As we get older, we learn there’s
little value to be gained by criticizing anyone.
If we need to say something, it’s
far better to say something positive than dwell on what’s negative.
11.
You are thankful for growing old
Not everyone grows old. Many die
before their time or in the prime of their life.
With age comes gratitude and the
knowledge that with every passing year we are privileged, and being grateful
becomes a daily ritual that enhances our lives in so many positive ways.
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