However, Charles Marowitz has a different slant on the subject. "Old age is like
climbing a mountain," he says. "The higher you get, the more tired and breathless
you become. However, your view becomes much more extensive."
George Bernard Shaw said, "Some are younger at seventy than most at seventeen." I think it is because
they have a broader outlook.
It will take a lifetime to climb the mountain, but, for me, the view will be worth the journey.
Seems as though our bodies become less cooperative as we age. For some, work
becomes less fun and fun becomes more work. One elderly person commented, "I
have reached the age where the warranty has expired on my remaining teeth and
internal organs."
Atop the mountain, one has a better view of the world. One can see above the
differences which divide people. One can better see beyond petty hurts and human fragility. Atop
the mountain, one has a longer view of the past, and can therefore understand the future with
more clarity. Atop the mountain, one looks down on dark clouds of gloom and despair and fear and
notices that they are neither as large nor as ominous as those beneath them would believe. It is also
clearer that however dark they may appear, they too, are fleeting and will someday pass.
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