Elderly? Who?

"You and I were there before. So were your relatives. There is no death to our souls and what passes away is the frame we all have". said Lord Krishna to Arjuna to motivate him to fight against his relatives. Based on this philosophy, even a new born baby is old and existed before.

It is our mind that makes us calculate our age from the time we were born to time we depart and classify people into various categories such as infant, child, young adult, adult, senior, etc. The aging is a fallacy within the Maya we are all experiencing. What we perceive is deceptive and what we truly are remain unchanged.

 

Interesting question Satchi! what or who exactly is 'old'. I'll be 65 in a few months from now. When i was 50, i used to consider anyone above 60 to be old or elderly. Now, when someone in the family or close circle comments on any health issues i may complain of - its natural at your age, i can feel the bristles rising in me. At the same time, when someone tries to boost us up with talk of 'age is just a number', it is equally irritating. So, there cannot be any hard and fast rules . It seems safe to assume the Govt definition of senior citizen as an elderly person, according to me.
Not all people act their age whether young or old , and the pattern varies . So considering respectability when it comes to defining who is an elder or old person may also vary individually

 

I feel we need to think ourselves always young. That is more important and we should be happy and peaceful .

 

I always feel I am young. At 75 like to dress up. Now a days I wait for occasions so that I can wear a nice saree with matching jewellery byme
People must be thinking in old age she is like this. In my young age I could not wear nice dresses , jewellery et .as we were not financially well. I was fond of jumkas but I could not have one.

At this age only I am able to.fulfill my
Wishes as I have many sarees.and jewellery. Who knows how long I will be able to wear. So fulfilling my wishes

 

@Rihana,

This is what had happened at Satchi's residence.

Satchitananda: Did you say I am old?
Husband: Well, I made a general statement everyone is growing everyday.
Satchi: No, I heard you saying I can wear anything as we are all considered old.
Husband: I was only mentioning that with reference to young couple.
Satchi: Do you want me to come with you to the wedding or not?
Husband: Yes, I do.
Satchi: Then, I need to know why you said I am old and I could wear anything.
Husband: I wanted to make it easier for you to get ready and hence suggested you don't have to make extra effort to attend the wedding.
Satchi: I prefer to appear well-dressed for a wedding and appear young.
Husband: It is your wish.
Satchi: Then, why did you tell that I could wear anything?
Husband: All I meant was you look pretty and young no matter what you wear.
Satchi: Thank you but why did you say I am old?
Husband: I didn't say that specifically about you. You pretty much look the same to me since our wedding.
Satchi: What do you mean by that?
Husband: I mean you look young and energetic as you were during our wedding.
Satchi: You have spoiled my mood by asking me to wear anything as I am considered old anyway. I am not sure whether I need to go with you.
Husband: No, no. Believe it or not, every time I attend a wedding, I visualize myself as a groom and you as the beautiful bride next to me.
Satchi: Are you sure the bride in your visualization is me next to the groom or are you imagining getting married to someone else?
Husband: Yeah, I am pretty sure it is you.
Satchi: Okay, wait for an hour and I will go get ready for the wedding.
Husband: (Murmuring to himself) I hope you get ready before the bride and groom get old.

Satchi and her husband went to the wedding happily.

 

Haha, the age old problem of husbands. Damn it if you praise wife, damn it if you don't.

Now a days I am very careful with my wife. She is still recovering from child birth and in her postpartum. I praise her and shower love on her everyday more than I do on babies. Then she says I don't love babies enough. If I shower more love on babies, she complains that I think she has become fat and ugly, that's why I don't care for her enough. Can't win either way.