Old age is like going back to being a baby, constantly forgetting things, being told what to do, being fed at times, generally being catered for makes this two stages of our lives similar if not the same. The different is, there is a huge interval in years between these two stages provided an individual survived to reach old age.
Consequently, without one, there can't be the other, meaning we all have to come as babies before getting old, except maybe for Benjamin Burton, who lived his life backward, from old age back to being a baby. But he's case is curious as it is a fiction, hence it can really fit in as I wrote this short piece.
To those whose mortality rate is still intact, that is, not sick terminally or on the war front with a chance of get hit by a bullet, the is always memories left behind in different stages of life. Those memories, experiences, are what makes getting old interesting, makes an individual wiser and more knowledgeable as age comes with a lot of lessons.
Love is one of these lessons. The more you age the more you understand love, the more you should know more about men and women, how to respect them, treat them and so on. Though many didn't do well with love, either divorced or still in love, you become more cautious of the fact that, to live and grow old, you must love and be loved.
Wealth is another catalyst of growing. You might be extremely rich or poor, as you grow older, you understand that you might not be able to get everything you have with your wealth. Love is one of those things you could lack irrespective of how wealthy you are, you could buy a woman's heart momentarily, but not permanently. Wealth is like a spirit, as you grow older, you tend to understand how to keep it and be resourceful with it to get richer. You could be rich at the earliest stage of life and still die poor and vice versa, opportunities comes and go, only the measure your wisdom and the combination of your age in terms of knowledge will determine how you turn those opportunities into wealth or lose it.
Another lesson is Friendship. Having good friends could make anyone live longer than expected, your friends could be the result of your success in life as you grow older and it could be the other way round. Friends could make or mar anyone, the ability to discern and diligently know those good friends you need for surviving lies in your knowledge as you grow older. Getting older will let you know the friends that are reckless and the ones that are prudent who could help you along in this life.
As you grow older, you should consider this things if you are learning a great deal from them, there are more lessons that comes with getting older but these few ones are most likely common to any man or woman living, you ought to look back and see how you have aged positively or maybe negatively.
Thanks for reading.
