Growing Old

An older gentleman once told me, "your old when you turn eighty". A child, not even a teenager yet will say twenty five is old, a teen will say thirty is old. It seems we all place an emphasis on age even from the day we know our own age. We can not wait to become a teenager, become of age to vote, than drink legally. At this point age reverses itself, as we remember when we used to get proofed, or when life was so much easier before all the responsibility. This all makes me wonder about that gentleman and when he finally did turn eighty, did he miraculously feel "old" or did he feel ninety was the true elder age? Age is all in the mind, let us all grow young on our next birthday.