January 24, 2007
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Thoughts on Aging
These quotes are taken from The Oxford Book of Ages chosen by Anthony and Sally Sampson.
Hold fast to time! Use it!
Be conscious of each day, each hour!
They slip away unnoticed too easily and too swifty.~ Thomas Mann, September 1938, written when he was 63
I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left.
It is called hunting for your spectacles.~ Lord Grey of Falloden in The Observer, 1927, written when he was 73
Every day in my old age is more important than I can say.
It will never return.
When one takes one’s leave of life
one notices how much
one has left
undone.~ Sibelius, 1957, written when he was 91, shortly before his death
The one thing I regret
is that I will never have time
to read all the books
I want to read.~ Françoise Sagan, Responses, 1979, written at age 43
Comments (2)
I have a goal to be influential in my 90th year……….and look forward to what the Lord has in store for me
Dana in GA
I am closer to my 90th year than I like to think, and I can so relate to what Sibelius said. Not to mention Sagan. So frustrating! But it is good to know I am not alone in feeling that way. In the end one will accomplish what the Lord has meant him or her to accomplish, and one must be content with that.