Age and Assumptions

Most of my readership knows I’ve written before about how age is simply a number. All too often people seem to carry beliefs that some capabilities and disabilities accompany certain ages. We expect children to start walking at a certain age, give or take a month. We expect them to start talking (coherently) at a certain age, give or take a couple months. Their ability to walk is followed by run, climb, etc. But what happens when we get older? A lot of people seem to believe that with age inevitably comes infirmity. That is one assumption I wish to challenge. The other is that “age” looks a certain way. Do we have to “look old?” To the first point about age and infirmity, I have previously related an experience I had and will share it here briefly again. To me, it clearly demonstrates that age does not cause infirmity. Our lack of motivation, initiative and discipline AS we age is what causes us to become infirm. When I was 12 years old, I met a 92-year-old man in the mountains of Pennsylvania. He was sitting on the front steps of his farm house, feeding a… – – – – – – – – – The remainder of this essay can be found in the book “Farther Down The Road” Farther Down the Road – Where does your life’s road lead? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTJ1B2QR