Growing Old by Matthew Arnold

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Growing Old

What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre of the eye?
Is it for bea .........
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Matthew Arnold

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Edith Oram (3/3/2008 4:23:00 PM)
This is a loser's view of growing old and very depressing. It dwells only on negative physical aspects and gives no positive balance as in becoming wiser through experience, knowing what is worth expending your energy on and having the time to do and delve into the myriad things you wanted to do but never had the time because you were doing other things like working and bringing up a family. You can still be a fighter right up to the end. There are ways of distracting the mind to make any physical pain tolerable. When you give in you may as well give up. this is not the way I intend to grow old. At 63 I regard myself as a mature youngster.

Kentucky Refugee (3/3/2008 9:03:00 AM)
'To applaud the living ghost and blame the living man.'
This should encourage us all to live now this moment and not wait until we are only a ghost.

Archie Langford (3/3/2008 1:03:00 AM)
And on top of all that you can`t foxtrot any more