Age brings a decline that all of us face and none of us want to admit to. From the cognitive issues to the physical ones, life gets that little bit harder as we add more years and experience. The thing is, aging is a privilege afforded to too few people. We plan for retirement most of our lives, and many of us never get there at all. However, as we work harder to understand and remember things that once came easy to us, we’re going to need to embrace our new age as best we can.
Not everyone likes the idea of getting older, but it’s important that we find as much calm and peace as possible as we do it. If you are at the stage of getting older, you’re in a lucky place to be. You have plenty of people around you to help, from the carers and family members who are ready and able to help you and look after you, to CDPAP and all of the additional care that you can pay for. Many people find it difficult to embrace their age as it advances, feeling negativity and fear around the winter of their lives. They also find it much harder to accept the advancing years, even if these years are a blessing and not a curse!
Accepting your reality is changing as you get older is so important if you want to get into your later years without fear or worry. As you may find things harder to remember, this is not always easy, but that doesn’t mean that it cannot be done. Taking the time to do what you can to aid your emotional and mental wellbeing is so important. Accepting your aging process means being more active, feeling your feelings without the judgement of others and realizing that aging is not a bad thing to happen to you – it’s simply a part of the process of life. Engaging with any negative emotions and identifying with those emotions instead of fighting them will help you to accept aging, and embrace it for the miracle it is.
Aging can be one of the best experiences that you have. By the time you get to a more senior age you are willing to live your life in the way that you want rather than the way others tell you to do it. You’re also more than willing to take the time and do things for yourself, live a little slower than you have previously been doing. Aging gives you a new perspective and appreciation for the life that you’ve lived as well as the life that you continue to have in front of you. Accepting isn’t about being defeated by your age, but about knowing that your age doesn’t define the fun that you can have going ahead!
Needing help? Embrace it. Having time to engage in fun hobbies? Embrace it. Aging is for the lucky – and you’re a part of that crowd.
