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In reply to the discussion: On growing older: [View all]The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)26. I have the greatest role models imaginable
Just turned 64. I volunteer at the food bank alongside three 90 years olds who still move heavy crates around, go up and down ladders, and whose minds are sharp as tacks. The secret is that they were active when they were younger and never stopped. They read and keep up on what's going on in the world. They have a sense of purpose and feel that they're contributing to the community. I started volunteering there 12 years ago and can lift and bend better than I could when I started. Each time I'm there I get an amazing workout all over. And I look at the wrinkles and white or bald heads of my 90-year-old friends and see how beautiful they are. I've earned my wrinkles and am proud to be one of the tribe.
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I second that. I like men, but haven't been in a relationship for a long time.
raccoon
Aug 2013
#111
I think it was on the "M*A*S*H" TV show that one of the characters was talking about a woman with
calimary
Aug 2013
#71
As one gets older, a year becomes an increasingly small percentage of total life experience
Thor_MN
Aug 2013
#17
I'm in a similar position. You have my sympathies. I'm 62, have been healthy all my
Nay
Aug 2013
#59
Congrats on beating the cancer. There's a lot of diabetes in my family history, so I'm
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#66
Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.
CrispyQ
Aug 2013
#46
Young people just don't understand that, on the inside, we're the same as we
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#51
scary when hubby still has a pic of my 19 yr old self in a bikini in his wallet
SoCalDem
Aug 2013
#94
I think what's remarkable about this thread is that I would have never guessed Anyones age.
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#106