Among Friends

[Justice4all]

Being older

[CalminHeart]

I keep seeing my mom in the mirror!

[RedTop]

That I would settle down to a very calm, simple life and find peace in the simplest things.   

[Othereeeen]

I am now invisible.

I could walk around WalMart STARK NAKED and no one would notice.

I'll be 61 next month.

[ladyroxanne]

@Othereeeen

i hardly believe that!

[qualitygal]

You know the really big answer to this for me?

It's finding myself now labeled one of the older ones.

Of course, it beats any alternative.

[chihuahuamom]

That all you have to do is look at food and you gain weight.

[Justice4all]

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@Othereeeen wrote:

I am now invisible.

I could walk around WalMart STARK NAKED and no one would notice.

I'll be 61 next month.

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Do that here and they'd throw you in the looney bin!

[KaySD]

I know just what you mean, @Vivian. And not only do I see more shades of gray (maybe the whole rainbow!), and not only do I have fewer opinions of my own, I find I don't think the opinons I do have are very important! I've learned that even if they seem terribly meaningful in the moment, what are they good for? Only if they make me happier.

As I get older, I find I can change my opinions more and more easily all the time. I can even let go of having them at all. Having current preferences can be convenient and timesaving, of course--like, the brand of soap I like or my favorite color. But not only small, day-to-day things, sometimes I can change about big things. My world doesn't have to be the same as anybody else's world, so so speak.

The more opinions I let go of, an interesting thing happens: opinions that I wasn't aware of having come to the surface, so I get to decide if I want them. Especially things I learned early in life, that may have been helpful at one time, but ever since then have just gotten in my way. That feels exciting every time, like opening a new door. I'd never have understood that at 20!

[RinaRina]

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@chihuahuamom wrote:

That all you have to do is look at food and you gain weight.

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I'm having a real problem with this.  I used to be able to drop a ton in a short time just drinking 10 glasses of water a day, but now, I can't drink that much water, as it kinda makes me sick.

I'm very conscious of what I eat and how much walking I do daily, but apparently ...

"all you have to do is look at food and you gain weight."