101 Ways To Grow Old Disgracefully

As we grow rich in years we have begun to pity those who follow behind, recognising they face all the difficulties of their thirties and middle age before them. The joyful arrival at retirement brings with it the delight of newfound freedom, of finally being in control of life, rather than life being in control of us.Strangely enough, what was old age to previous generations has now become the new 'middle-age', a time of refreshment, encouraging us to change our pace and take life as it comes For the first time since childhood we are welcome to do all the things we were unable to do whilst tied to the relentless demands of career and family.The joy of growing old means that more and more people have bought into the opinion that age is simply a state of mind. This belief tells us that as long as we remain active and interested in what is happening outside the home, we are in control of how the passage of years affects us.On our television screens we are able to see many film and pop stars who have remained at the pinnacle of success since the seventies and eighties. We view them as people still in the fullness of life, not as old codgers looking forward to a well-earned retirement. In these modern times, we see life differently; see it as it really is, and certainly not as our parents and their parents imagined it should be. The Baby Boomers of the Nineteen Fifties, Sixties and now the Seventies, have transformed their thinking to look upon life as capable of still surprising and delighting us all.