On Growing Old
Old is relative, and all my relatives are old
| Filed Under: Life | Tagged: age
First Published: 2025-02-05| Last Updated: 2024-05-07
Status: in progress| Audience: people worried about their age| Confidence: aficionado
First Published: 2025-02-05| Last Updated: 2024-05-07
Status: in progress| Audience: people worried about their age| Confidence: aficionado
The moment you are more interested in the past than the future, you’re old.
No one can really stop growing old; he can only cheat himself by not admitting that he is growing old. And since there is no use fighting against nature, one might just as well grow old gracefully.
I did not plan on becoming a farmer when I moved to Spain. In fact, I had every intention of opening or taking over a small restaurant or hotel in the mountains of eastern Asturias. Indeed, I got far enough down that road to have a completed business plan ready to seek funding for a particular restaurant.