Olwyn KinderAgeing - the Ultimate Reality
September 24th 2008 23:08
Ageing is a natural part of life. It is something we all face each and every day because as we live we age.
For most of us, growing old is something we push to the back of our minds and as a consequence we do little or no appropriate planning or preparation for how we expect to live in the senior stages of our life.
It is essential that we understand the complexity of ageing and realise that it can be a vital and exciting time of life if we embrace it with optimism and a positive, healthy anticipation that the best is yet to come.
To those fortunate to reach a "ripe old age" it is a marvellous gift of time to be spent doing those things we have always wanted to do but just never got around to due to the pressures of raising a family and the demands of our work a day life.
Just as we planned and prepared for significant life events such as choice of career, our life's partner, the birth of children, their education and upbringing, to name just a few, so it is that we need to make adequate preparation for our retirement and senior years.
So, why should we plan? Watch out for our next post which explores this in more detail.
For most of us, growing old is something we push to the back of our minds and as a consequence we do little or no appropriate planning or preparation for how we expect to live in the senior stages of our life.
It is essential that we understand the complexity of ageing and realise that it can be a vital and exciting time of life if we embrace it with optimism and a positive, healthy anticipation that the best is yet to come.
To those fortunate to reach a "ripe old age" it is a marvellous gift of time to be spent doing those things we have always wanted to do but just never got around to due to the pressures of raising a family and the demands of our work a day life.
Just as we planned and prepared for significant life events such as choice of career, our life's partner, the birth of children, their education and upbringing, to name just a few, so it is that we need to make adequate preparation for our retirement and senior years.
So, why should we plan? Watch out for our next post which explores this in more detail.
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