When I'm Old

When I'm old

When I'm old I don't want to become more past than present. No replaying scenes from my life over and over like my own personal hell. I don't want to be a mere spectator to my own memories, depicting moments 30 years previous in some vague attempt at re-understanding something. Old people shouldn’t just retire and sit at home stewing in their own memories, out to pasture. Ageing. I want more than that. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I don’t think that's true. I have known many people take up new hobbies and pastimes in their retirement. My Grandparents both took on new projects and interests in their retirement years. My Nan couldn’t sit still! Painting, pottery, computer courses, bingo, the list goes on. They also say you learn something new each day. That can be true as long as  you make it so. If you grasp every opportunity, every weird and wonderful invitation that floats your way to carry on learning and expanding your mind in different ways, you can grow with each ageing day as well. That is what I want. Never to lose my drive and ambition. I want to wake up each day with the same energy as a teenager and go to bed each night so surely, it was as if my bed had been calling me my whole life.