I cannot speak for others but it seems to me that, just as young children are uninhibited and

[Atticus]

don't worry too much about saying something foolish, this old person feels a similar kind of freedom. It is not that I don't have my pride or don't want to be appreciated, it's just that I seem to have "outgrown" the need for approval of what I think and feel.

Then too, like a child, I think I am more concerned about who is nice than who is rich or famous. Whether a person is kind and generous and tolerant is important to me. Their skin color, their age and who they love are not.

Children are born understanding the importance of love and then become distracted by fluff and nonsense like status and the approval of people they don't know. Now, living in my ninth decade, I have learned to ignore the fluff and nonsense and I again understand the importance of love.

How much better would our world be if fewer leaders were "childish" and more were "childlike"?

[old as dirt]

1. I feel your freedom.

It can be a pain having to take a nap every 20 minutes, but 20 minutes of freedom is 20 minutes of living free.

I've never felt more free in my life.

[SheltieLover]

2. Great Post!👍

Same here!

[ZZenith]

3. Amen.

I think I value friendliness over all else. Kindness is a component of friendliness, as are patience and tolerance. Everything else is truly fluff and nonsense.

May you know many more decades, Atticus.

[Walleye]

4. I think the only upside of getting old is, There's not that much we find embarrassing anymore

[Nictuku]

5. Your post brought to mind

Your post reminded me of this:

"I asked an elderly man once what it was like to be old and to know the majority of his life was behind him. He told me that he has been the same age his entire life. He said the voice inside of his head had never aged. He has always just been the same boy. His mother's son. He had always wondered when he would grow up and be an old man. He said he watched his body age and his faculties dull but the person he is inside never got tired. Never aged. Never changed.
Our spirits are eternal. Our souls are forever. The next time you encounter an elderly person, look at them and know they are still a child, just as you are still a child and children will always need love, attention and purpose."

Via @Blue Rudge Believers

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