Fw: Re: [AdolesenceIndia] I have grown older

[jayaram yenneranga]

--- On Tue, 25/10/16, Nishikant Kotwal nishika...@gmail.com [AdolesenceIndia] <Adolese...@yahoogroups.co.in> wrote:

> From: Nishikant Kotwal nishika...@gmail.com [AdolesenceIndia] <Adolese...@yahoogroups.co.in>
> Subject: Re: [AdolesenceIndia] I have grown older
> To: Adolese...@yahoogroups.co.in
> Date: Tuesday, 25 October, 2016, 11:24 PM
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> Great thought,
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> On Oct 25, 2016 11:00 PM,
> "'DR.KAMLESH R. LALA' kamle...@hotmail.com
> [AdolesenceIndia]" <Adolese...@yahoogroups.co.in>
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> Enjoy this. I am forwarding this to those on my
> "mature" mail list because it is so well written.
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> As I've aged, I've become kinder to, and less
> critical of, myself. I've become my own friend.
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> I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too
> soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes
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> Whose business is it if I choose to read, or play on the
> computer until4 AM? I will dance with myself to those
> wonderful tunes of the 60s & 70s, and if I, at the same
> time, wish to weep over a lost love, I will.
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> I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over
> a bulging body, and will dive into the waves, with abandon,
> if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet
> set. They, too, will get old.
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> I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of
> life is just as well forgotten. And, eventually, we
> remember the important things.
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> Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your
> heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child
> suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit
> by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength, and
> understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken, is
> pristine, and sterile, and will never know the joy of being
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> I am so blessed to have lived enough to have my hair
> turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever
> etched into grooves on my face. So many have never laughed,
> and too many have died before their hair could turn
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> As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less
> about what other people think. I don't question myself
> anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
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> So, to answer your question, I like being older. It has set
> me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to
> live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste
> time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what
> will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I
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