“If you are pining for youth I think it produces a stereotypical old man because you only live in memory, you live in a place that doesn’t exist. I think aging extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been.”
Old age certainly can be merciless—the decline of both body and mind, the awareness of an ever-shortening time until death and the loss of friends and loved ones are among the most sobering things we must deal with as human beings.
Old age can also be merciful—the additional time to do what you want to do, the clearer recognition of things that matter most, and the freedom to express what you really think without worrying about other opinions are some of the best outcroppings of aging.
Old age need not be dreaded or dreadful. In my mind, it definitely beats the alternative of dying young.
David Bowie, the famous musician died at 69 years old.
