Benefits of Aging

Well, after hearing the "I'm So Young" poem, I am grateful I am no longer that young anymore. I did have my time with things in my youth. Did lots of things I certainly wouldn't even consider doing at this age. Somehow I had this huge backbone, this huge attitude, this "I can do anything I want and who cares if you get hurt by me."

Sometimes I see older people carrying that same attitude. I think a person can get away with it more when they are young. It is not so becoming in a middle aged person. There just isn't any excuse anymore. So I am real good at biting my tongue and not saying all I would want to say to someone who aggravates me.

But I do have a way of speaking out against obnoxious persons and that is in my journal. I have warned family members to not read them already so if they ever do get nosy about them, it is not my fault what they read. I do recycle my journals and toss each one into the recycle bin when finished. If some person at the recycling plant decides to read them, that is not my problem, but their problem for being nosy. Most things in my journal are negative or outspoken comments I would like to say to someone, but realize all the hassle that would befall me if I chose to say that stuff. The benefits of aging is we do happen to gain a little wisdom. Well, plus maybe we really just don't have all that energy anymore to freak out on someone and I am sure that is a good thing.