My friend Jim is a sound engineer in the radio business, has been for thirty years. He makes sure all electrical components are operating smoothly and all audio sounds are clear while the on-air talent hosts a music or a talk show. Recently, Jim was working on a show with a nationally renowned disc jockey where many famous oldies singers were guests. One of Jim's duties that night was calling up stars for their phone interviews and taking telephone calls from others who were calling in. On this particular night, one of the stars interviewed was the famous singer Dion. Jim told me about a funny story he mentioned during the interview.
Dion said that as a younger man, he and other stars would tour together, and during breaks, they would talk about the good-looking women in the audience. They would say things like, did you see the brunette with the purple sweater in the second row, or take a look at the blonde in the first row, she's a knockout.
Dion said every now and then the same fellows still get together and do some oldies tours. Now though, when they have their breaks they do not talk about the good-looking girls in the audience anymore. No, now they talk about what medications they are on and compare side effects! Wow, things sure have changed! Well , change is something we all do, as we get older, I certainly have.
I've done a little research into what some bright people have to say about getting older. I have included them here to enlighten all of us who are older or getting there. Even if you are not over the hill but on top of the hill looking down perhaps, look at some of these quotes and see if any ring a bell.
Author unknown
Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten.
Edith Wharton
It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in a small way.
Tom Wilson
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age.
Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Bernard Baruch
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This one is my personal favorite) To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
Latin proverb
Never too old to learn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
Irish proverb
Never complain about growing old. Many are denied the privilege.
George Burns
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
If I am fortunate to keep getting older, I am going to make the best of it. I am going to do everything I possibly can to make the best with what I have available. And if one day medications interest me more than let's say Miss America, so be it, I'll just make sure I get sexy meds!
