Post by Rhonda on Jan 26, 2006 4:21:30 GMT -5
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BEAUTIFUL OLD PEOPLE
Steve Goodier
A reporter was interviewing a 104-year-young woman. "And what do you
think is the best thing about 104?" the journalist asked.
"No peer pressure," she replied.
When I was in college, I worked in an after school daycare center with
a marvelous woman in her mid-seventies. One day she was complaining
about her age. "All my friends are old and crippled," she remarked.
"They're either crippled in their legs or crippled in their minds."
I know that growing older is not easy, at any age. Columnist Dave
Barry talked about it when he turned 40. "If I don't warm up before
throwing a football," he said, "I have to wait approximately until the
next presidential administration before I attempt to do this again."
But even with its aches and pains and a variety of other problems,
aging does have an upside. Sister Mary Gemma Brunke has so beautifully
written:
"It is the old apple trees that are decked with the loveliest
blossoms. It is the ancient redwoods that rise to majestic heights. It
is the old violins that produce the richest tones. It is the aged wine
that tastes the sweetest. It is ancient coins, stamps and furniture
that people seek. It is the old friends that are loved the best. Thank
God for the blessings of age and the wisdom, patience and maturity
that go with it. Old is wonderful!"
"Beautiful people are acts of nature," it has been said, "but
beautiful old people are works of art."
I hope someday to be a work of art.
__________
P.S. CELEBRITY QUIP
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of
fools. Let's start with typewriters. -- Frank Lloyd Wright
BEAUTIFUL OLD PEOPLE
Steve Goodier
A reporter was interviewing a 104-year-young woman. "And what do you
think is the best thing about 104?" the journalist asked.
"No peer pressure," she replied.
When I was in college, I worked in an after school daycare center with
a marvelous woman in her mid-seventies. One day she was complaining
about her age. "All my friends are old and crippled," she remarked.
"They're either crippled in their legs or crippled in their minds."
I know that growing older is not easy, at any age. Columnist Dave
Barry talked about it when he turned 40. "If I don't warm up before
throwing a football," he said, "I have to wait approximately until the
next presidential administration before I attempt to do this again."
But even with its aches and pains and a variety of other problems,
aging does have an upside. Sister Mary Gemma Brunke has so beautifully
written:
"It is the old apple trees that are decked with the loveliest
blossoms. It is the ancient redwoods that rise to majestic heights. It
is the old violins that produce the richest tones. It is the aged wine
that tastes the sweetest. It is ancient coins, stamps and furniture
that people seek. It is the old friends that are loved the best. Thank
God for the blessings of age and the wisdom, patience and maturity
that go with it. Old is wonderful!"
"Beautiful people are acts of nature," it has been said, "but
beautiful old people are works of art."
I hope someday to be a work of art.
__________
P.S. CELEBRITY QUIP
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of
fools. Let's start with typewriters. -- Frank Lloyd Wright