Age and old age..

Recent turn of events at home made me think a lot about terms which usually remain un-thought off until one actually becomes old.

Now, if you ask anyone: how old do you want to live? - I am sure the answer would be- as old as possible or rather just a guffaw with a muted- ‘what a silly question’ quip. Believe me; it is not easy to get old and still long to add more years to one’s baggage. I have a granny who is close to hitting the nineties and another great granny who is close to hitting triple figures.. no fun living upto that age..

Well- how old is really old? Though it’s not easy to answer, I have formed this philosophy of mine. The number of years you add to your bag is not an indication of real age once you are past the half century mark, but rather the number of problems, niggles, issues, ailments, etc you add along. These tend to become the true indicator of age..

The trick, gentlemen remains’ to live - as young, for as long as possible. After being in close quarters for sometime now with some really old people, I have observed some things with a lot of care. If I can summarize the gist in 4 points, these would be it-

1. Eat less, eat healthy
2. Walk, run, don’t sit idle
3. An idle mind is a devil’s workshop- so keep your brain cells ticking: tic tac tic..
4. Remember- rich+old is always better than poor+old

Well, I really don’t know why I jotted these down, but I hope that I personally keep these things in mind. Hmm, for now; let me revisit gym regularly, add some moolah into my bank balance and start looking at our sensex with more elan!

Ciao till next time...Harsha