tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post8151736090077745480..comments2023-10-26T07:58:23.045-07:00Comments on SAGE'S PLAY: 5 Great Things About Being OlderGaea Yudronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013222275959251523noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-50789116493495613532010-09-09T07:32:39.002-07:002010-09-09T07:32:39.002-07:00Thanks for your comments. I still have assignments...Thanks for your comments. I still have assignments to finish, feels like. But there is always choice about what to take up and what to let go. Best to you on your journey.Gaea Yudronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013222275959251523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-2317887983273536532010-08-20T04:39:23.826-07:002010-08-20T04:39:23.826-07:00Like you, as a writer, I think a lot about the mea...Like you, as a writer, I think a lot about the meanings and implications of words: elderly, old, senior, crone, geezer, mature. Your young man seemed to think elderly was better than old and perhaps you felt the opposite. When speaking to someone else we cannot know which of the words carry the most negative and positive freight for them. Nor do we know, as you imply, if they can grasp the meaning when we speak of our sense of freedom or our broader view. We are the first generation that can expect [or certainly hope] to pass through the 70s into the 80s and beyond. We must begin living the definitions so that those youngsters will look forward to what comes beyond fifty whatever the word they have for it. I suspect you educated the boy's companion a bit in that conversation also. Speaking as you did is a start on redefining the meaning of being over fifty or sixty.June Calenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00265808476144632255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-8177120191305993182010-08-19T21:03:49.241-07:002010-08-19T21:03:49.241-07:00I would add another item which struck me when I tu...I would add another item which struck me when I turned 60. I had done all that I was 'supposed' to do, finished the assignments I had given myself, and therefore was free now of expectations. If I didn't want to do anything more, that'd be okay but if I wanted to do more, I could try it. It goes along with your first item but I could theoretically have felt that when younger but I'd not have finished a lifetime of responsibility then, not have raised a family, given to the community, learned skills. <br /><br />I also wrestle with that word elderly as I hear it from the news sometimes with an elderly crime victim and she's my age.. Eeek.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-444241135730921146.post-22460791588033176742010-08-16T07:51:56.197-07:002010-08-16T07:51:56.197-07:00Gaea, thanks for this beautiful post. I agree comp...Gaea, thanks for this beautiful post. I agree completely with your choice of 5 great things. I might add 6. I'm content sitting still. <br /><br />The other day I was remembering how important it used to seem to me to 'go out' on Friday or Saturday nights–to be doing something. Quiet moments at home are so much more appealing now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com