Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Looking in the Mirror

Aren't we all a bit ageist? Put us in a group of almost seriously older folks and we may wonder why we chose that group, or what we may have in common with the group. It is also a reminder of how age creeps up. Put us in a group with people ten or twenty years younger and we feel that we have lost years.

Of course it depends upon the group and what you are doing. Coming face to face with some of my own discomforts causes a bit of unease. Is it their ages or is it the way that age has taken a toll? Or is it that I'm looking at things with the wrong lens?

Perhaps there are lessons for me to learn -- patience, acceptance, speaking clearly and loud enough to be heard, and seeing the people beneath the exterior.

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