Posted on Monday, 19th April 2010 by Catherine
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For some reason lately I have been thinking about how “old” young we are. ”We” meaning my peer group of friends and those I keep up with on Facebook. In my head everyone over 30 is in my peer group (no offense). Some of you who are older than me may appreciate that peer group reference.
One of my friends told me in 6 years her husband can retire from the Air Force because he had his 20 years in. WHAT – no way, that doesn’t seem possible. We are not old enough to have been out of college for that many years. I started thinking about why I don’t feel “old”. I have asked a few people recently if they think “we” are old. The response is always the same. No one feels old or thinks they are old. Are we in denial? Perhaps a bit but I do know that everyone is doing things at an older age compared to years ago so maybe that has a lot to do with it.
When I think about aging what I really think about is staying young and more importantly feeling young. It is a mentality after all. Most of what we feel comes from our thoughts. I believe that if you make choices to stay active not only physically but mentally you can be forever young. Stay current in the news, in the trends and in activities and you can’t go wrong.
May you be forever young!
This song is an old favorite and I just remembered it due to my new love for the show Parenthood on NBC. This is the theme song! Enjoy~
Forever Young
April 19th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I was expecting to hear Rod Stewart (good tune as well) , but I liked it your pick!
The saying is so true, you're as young as you feel! I have not quite been able to pin point exactly what that age is for me, yet, maybe early 20's?
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April 19th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
I totally agree! I keep wondering when I will feel old…..and it hasn't happened yet! I can't believe I have a mortgage, children, or grown-up responsibilitites. Didn't I just graduate high school? I guess it has been amost 15 years! I like to think I'm "forever young"!
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April 19th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
I totally agree! I keep wondering when I will feel old…..and it hasn't happened yet! I can't believe I have a mortgage, children, or grown-up responsibilitites. Didn't I just graduate high school? I guess it has been amost 15 years! I like to think I'm "forever young"!
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April 19th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
I love that song too!! And Parenthood is our new favorite show.
I'm 38 – will be 39 in October (yikes!) – and I keep thinking I should realize that I'm one of the older ones now … but it just doesn't seem possible.
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April 19th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
OK, I could not agree more with this post and I am one of "those friends" that appreciates being in the over 30 peer group reference as I will be 40…yes I said 40…in September.
I am certainly one of those that started things at a later age as I am going to be 40 with a 3 year old. If that in and of itself does not keep you young, I do not know what will. LOL! Age is just a number. And I too LOVE the new show Parenthood. Great song!!
April 20th, 2010 at 12:59 am
I certainly don't feel old. I feel far better physically and mentally now than I did in high school, although it seems like almost yesterday. I think it's all relative, and the experience is different for everyone. I think this stems from the high school thinking that this age would be old when we got here. We had no way of knowing it wouldn't be all that bad, or bad at all. I think one of our biggest problems societally is our attachment to ideas of youth and resistance to aging. We take the batteries out of the clock and think it'll stop time. It's an equally amusing and tragic response to the cosmic joke.