There are two ways of growing old that we can embrace.
One is to accept that it is part of the life cycle and to grow old gracefully, with the attendant sags and wrinkles. The other is to resist the advance of age and its ravages over time.
So on the one hand we see seniors with thinning grey or white hair, portly girth and fine lines etched on their faces.
Their aura of dignity comes with age and experience. Youth who have been brought up correctly, accord them the respect due to their age.
On the other hand, we do see some seniors who in their desperate bid to stay the signs of advancing age, try to belie the facts and as a result, they more often than not, come across as “mutton dressed as lamb”.
They can be seen sporting the latest fashions meant for the young and affecting behaviour more suited to the teens. Heavy make-up, hair dyed and coiffed in the latest trend, tottering on high stilletoes or wedges, often leave them open to smirks and nudges as such attempts fail to camouflage successfully the signs of aging.
The affluent ones go for body sculpting, Botox, nips, tucks and facelifts. Punishing workouts, near-starvation diets all in the name of restoring youth and pushing back Time are what consumes them.
The question is, how long can they keep up with this? One can get addicted to this, going under the scalpel over and over again ( check out the celebrities ) until the limit is reached.
However, one fact seems to have been overlooked. No matter how well surgery has helped to disguise your real age, your hands will give you away. My dad once said that if you want to know a person’s age, look at the neck and hands. Well, the neck can be tautened these days but the hands?? Something to think about.
Meanwhile, here’s to aging gracefully!
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