One of the great things about growing up is growing into your own skin and enjoying who you are. As with all things, there is a price to pay, for the life experiences, that continue molding us into the people we are and becoming. Father Time takes a toll on us all and is more than unforgiving and far from sympethic with how we weather. Some people will go to the ends of the earth to fight the downhill and inevitable end. Others embrace the touch of time and will live life to their fullest. I’m never overly optimistic but see myself embracing my aches and pains and the storms I’ve weathered. I used to be kind of pissed off about it but have come to realize what the aging means…that I’ve lived life as fast and hard as I wanted to. If there is one thing I can say about the years I’ve had on this piece of dirt, I’ve lived my life to its fullest. The places I’ve traveled, relationships I’ve formed and the friends I’ve come to call family are more than worth the aches and pains I have, from the memories I’ve made making them. The idea of aging is so appealing when you’re a child. Then, you age into adulthood and love exactly where you’re at. If you’re lucky, you get old enough to make the big choice of what that aging brings with it. We either accept and embrace the natural cycle of life and have peace in the blessing of growing grey or resent it and be bitter. Do you embrace the ticking of time? Would you trade all your memories for youth again now? What does aging mean to you? Is it a physical decay or a mindset?
