Well, because the other day I chanced upon a severely aged man hobbling across the main road, trying to beat the rushing traffic and to sit in the public transport vehicle I was in. He probably needed to get to someplace and had no one to help him. His face was wrinkled. His clothes too. He supported himself with a cane and a limp and managed to hobble slowly across the road somehow.
When he finally reached the vehicle, he slowly sat down, only to spend the next few minutes looking for change to pay the driver. His face showed the years, the life and struggles he lived. Basic movements were an obstacle. Life itself probably was too.
In life, when you can’t even get up and pour yourself a glass of water with ease…that’s when the trouble starts.
The point is, no matter what the struggle one must go through in this magical life, nothing can not be beaten. We as humans can overcome everything – from handicaps to penniless days. The only thing we can never, ever beat no matter how hard we might try is age.
Natural though it is to age…it’s the way your body turns on you that makes the difference. That’s why they invented the words “ageing gracefully…” not many of us age gracefully. That’s because we don’t live our lives well enough to.
Stay true to you. Let all else fall.
That day, as I observed this old man struggling with the basic movements needed to get through a normal sunny day, I wondered, what would it be like to be old. To be unable to walk straight. Or without help. To become forgetful. To stop being me.
It would be frightful. Simply because nothing will be in my hand anymore. I’d need to rely on external help for every little thing I need to do and that to me is the worst situation in life.
That is why the “now” is all the more precious. I’ll never be 26 again. In fact, I’ll never be here again.
So, although old age is the worst thing life has to offer, youth is the best.
So Live. Like you won’t again. And revel in the spirit of life.
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