The Wisdom of Aging with Grace
Norman Fischer describes the qualities of aging gracefully.
Do you see aging as an inconvenient truth?
Yes and no. Certainly aging isn’t easy and one sometimes wishes youth could somehow return. But then you remember how difficult it was when you were younger, when you had things to prove and projects to complete. You had mountains to climb. When you’re older, you worry less and have more confidence in the future. Life is easier. You know where you are going. You have nothing to prove. There are advantages to aging. When you are, say, 70, this means you are also 60, 50, 40, 30, and so on. That is to say, you know what it’s like to have been all those ages. They are still there, inside you. There is wisdom in this that younger people can’t possess.