My neighbor was complaining the other day of her curtailed activities now that she "is up in years." She didn't want to hear another perspective, at least not at that time.
Seniors have lots of jokes about aging, and all of them accept the premise that aging includes limits, vulnerability, and diminishing faculties. So the jokes are an effort to make the best of a bad situation.
There used to be an upbeat TV show called, "Life begins at 80." Week after week the host interviewed lively, busy octogenarians. These folks did not placidly accept restrictions on their abilities and capacities to do good. Most of them led active and interesting lives.
Here, from Canada, is a contemporary role model. It's so refreshing to meet someone whose life quietly challenges these negative assumptions.
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