The wheel was invented to make our lives better. When you're my age, you ought to take that seriously. I abhor taking pills for pain and if there is another way, that's it for me. I don't need to do marathons or swim lengths or suffer pain to pretend I am "young" again. I use a cane and a walker and recently have decided to get a wheeled chair that will allow me to scootch around the house. I don't need pain. It might make me cranky. We had Old Aunt Mabel in our family, and she was the most miserable woman ever. We loved her but being in constant pain she wasn't fun to be around. Then she discovered the wheel chair. Suddenly, she grew nicer. That proved to me, that people who insist upon punishing themselves with pain, have to give up the idiotic line, "no pain no gain". How silly. Might be okay for Olympians, but that idea never tempted me to enjoy pain at any age. First, it causes face wrinkles. Second, when you are on the other side of That Age, you don't need pain for any reason. Get the hearing aids, get the bifocals, get the cane and walker and when even they don't do the trick why not get a nice "self-propelled" wheel chair. My mother had one and she continued into her nineties to boast that she did all her own housework and cooking. She did them with help. Wheeled help. Because you are smart enough at my stage, to use aids, you avoid accidents and pain. You also find that your mood is much brighter. Too many golden gens avoid aids because they fear being thought of as "old". What's the sin in that? No one is getting "young". It's time we humans stopped being ashamed of "old". It's a delightful time of not having to go to work. Of having lovely people help you. Of being offered better prices. And best of all, having time. Time is the most precious gift of all. Love it and treasure it. Take it easy because you earned it.
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