Ageing is a privilege that's not guaranteed to all

Ageing is a privilege, there are no guarantees you'll get there. Value those that do and what they can offer

I was chatting with a friend this morning and our grandparents lifestyle came up. Funny thing is we both remember them sitting on their sofas and often asleep in the afternoons. As for myself I’d get so bored when I was left there by my parents. Loved my grandparents to bits, but nothing to do there for an active child. I even electrocuted myself one day by touching a plug that precariously hung from a socket. They nor my parents ever knew, better that way. That day it was the quietest I’d ever been, just sat in the spot I landed in from the electric shock, terrified I’d seriously hurt myself, until they woke up and had no excuse but to move!

It got us thinking though about how our ageing lives have changed. Fitness, healthy lifestyle, nourishing your bodies, finding purpose etc are the order of the day.

You know by now I’m an advocate for us aging with vitality, purpose, confidence and staying active. Don’t know about you but, for me, it takes a lot of work. I've a serious illness since my 20s so it doesn’t just happen when you’re old. Its benefits are easily forgotten in a society that only values youth. Growing old is a privilege. It is not a guarantee. I also think that if society spent more time on valuing mature adults instead of treating them as a cost, would be more beneficial for everyone. Society does not treat the expenses associated with other ages as a cost, but an investment.

So this brings me nicely to this quote by David Bowie.

“Ageing is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been”.

If you haven’t prioritised yourself before now, then what better time then life after menopause to start the process of becoming the person you were always meant to be. Healthy ageing is not sitting on the sofa watching your life pass you by. It's about savouring it to the best of your ability and finances will allow.

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