(via)The past couple of weeks have been crazy! (or I’m just making excuses for completely neglecting this space for a while now. Thing is I have posts lined up I just couldn’t find the time (and energy) to edit photos that go along with the post.
So to ease my way back and to get my blogging mojo up and running again, I have decided to take up Niko on her tag. There is only one question actually, how old is old?
Isn’t it thought provoking and I must say, with my pregnancy and all the stuff we’ve been doing to prepare for the coming of our little angel, I’ve been thinking about this question for some time now. However, I’m really not worried about the age, per se, what I’m thinking about is how wise or mature have I become over the years. You see, I’ve always believed that one can grow old without being any wiser or one can be young but be full of wisdom beyond his years. Age for me is relative, just this year when I turned 28, I told honey that I don’t feel anything different from when I was 21, seriously. But now, I think I would have a different feeling next year when I turn 29, coz then I’m expecting to have matured more and to have gained more knowledge and experience after going through a pregnancy and giving birth to a new life that we love and care for more than life itself.
Thinking about it, this is a tough question “how old is old?” and to be honest I don’t know the answer. Is it the wrinkles, the bifocal glasses or the persistent rheumatic attacks on one’s knees that signify you’re old? I really don’t think so. I told honey once that even when we aged, I still want to travel with him, do our weekly dates and explore things that we have never tried before. I know that with age comes a certain degree of limitation on a body’s capabilities but it’s really in one’s heart and mind. So I say, I think one is old when his heart looses the desire to live life to the fullest and one is old the moment he allowed his heart to tell him so which causes him to loose vigor and enthusiasm. In my opinion, being old is not the number of years you’ve lived but the moment you’re hunger for life ceased to exist and you’re content to stare at a blank wall waiting for something inevitable. And I do hope and pray that I will never see that day.
How about you, what do you think, how old is old?
***this is my entry to Cathara's birthday contest.
***I'm passing on this interesting question to Emarene, Ayie, Cess, Beth & EmDy
8 comments:
This is interesting. Of course, you already know my take on getting a year older (my turning 30 post). But being old as in physically/biologically old, hmmm... napapaisip din ako ngayon. =)
Oo nga i remember your post on turning 30, we share the same view, that age is relative. But this question is really thought provoking noh?!
Old is when you no longer see the beauty in things. Old is when you're grouchy about everything. Old is when you feel there is no more hope. Old is when you lose that childlike wonder. Old is when you start defining your life by how many years you have left rather than how you live your present.
That's my concept of old. I don't ever want to grow old!
this is drafted beautifully. i loved reading it. its like even if 'old' is not a matter of number, youre sayin that it would feel older once your baby comes out coz another one would grow older. i hope that makes sense :P lol.
found this entry through niko's blog comment.
in any case you might wanna know, Im Catea, author of Cathara. :D And i'm the one who started this tag. its actually my first little blog contest. :D you might wanna join by seeing the mechanics, sayang naman:D so others could read it too:D
i love reading others opinion about my question coz im dog-tired hearing myself for 2 years of blogging:D
whether you wanna join or not:P thank you so much. this is truly enlightening:)
Catea
nice answer naman!! :) thanks buntis!
i have my 5th blog na. if u have time silip mo ha
www.nikoganda.com
hhahaah adik na ko.. :)
Toni, Amen! i also don't want to grow old ever!
cathara, thanks for dropping by, I'll drop by your blog to check out the contest.
niko, will drop by your new blog soon!
:D thanks for joining:D i wanted to subscribe back, but i dont know wheres your email subscription.also, i tried your rss feeds but i think you havent established it yet:) but let me know:)
I think you're really old if you celebrate your birthday and wish it's your last.
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