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As I often say, "Growing old sucks, but it is better than the alternative."* *I can't take credit. I got it from someone else, but I don't remember who.
by goodcanadian 6y ago
As I often say, "Growing old sucks, but it is better than the alternative."*
*I can't take credit. I got it from someone else, but I don't remember who.
- macjohnmcc 6y agoWell admittedly when you get older you tend to forget these things. :)
- ponker 6y agoI’ve heard it ascribed to Oscar Wilde, although according to Whistler he probably stole it from someone himself.
- goodcanadian 6y agoIt's clearly been around a lot longer than I realized!
- dijit 6y agoMy grandfather says this, and meets his age with a reverent smile. It's so unburdening to embrace age. The fear of it is encompassing and I feel it on the edge of my mind at times. But it is _so_ incredibly liberating to meet it with a warm smile and acceptance. Age is not a punishment, it's a gift, a privilege, to carry the memories we have and to wear our lives on our face like we're able to.
- kinleyd 6y agoI have to stash this gem somewhere safe. Thanks.
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- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoThing is, we don't quite know about the alternative. The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns and all that.
- rrwright 6y agoAct 3 Scene 1 of Hamlet, by William Shakespeare: https://www.sparknotes.c https://www.sparknotes.c
- treeman79 6y agoIt varies. Got badly injured a few years ago. Had a period of almost a year of horrific agony. At a certain point living was just a horrible punishment.
- satvikpendem 6y agoIt depends. We do have voluntary euthanasia after all, so perhaps the alternative can be better in some cases.
- ako 6y ago"Everybody wants to grow old, but nobody wants to be old"
- koheripbal 6y ago"who" doesn't matter. We are just meat bags passing on good ideas and thoughts.