You're getting older, growing in that direction;
if you're glad about that, you probably feel fine today
If tomorrow comes and you feel low down, bent over,
unable to get up, you may change the tune
Still, in light of the alternative, aging seems a good thing,
and to see that, you might take in your influence
To note your influence, see the difference you make;
dare to say, everyone has made some
Observe your worth for others: people, places, creatures
great and small, time and space, the earth and sky
If you're human your life means something, no matter the state
of your affairs today; regardless, you're not worthless
Seeing the state you're in, can make all the difference,
for the sooner you see, the more conscious your influence
The more aware, the better the difference, so at the end,
you need not gasp, grasping for that last breath
Grasping's not attractive and at the end, you've seen it,
it's positively ugly; you would wish that on no one
Let alone yourself
For a good book on ageing, sageing, see Rabbi Zalman Shalomi-Schachter
