Like so much in our lives, Old is only as good or bad as we make it. It’s all about how we look at it. And that’s a lesson that never grows old
B
en Franklin famously said that nothing in this world is certain but death and taxes.
He missed one other inevitability: getting old.
Whether we measure aging in moments or in years, in centuries or in eons, in our time-centered, clock-ticking world, all things — people, objects, cities, empires — inevitably grow old.
But unlike death and taxes, both universally unpopular (except maybe with undertakers and accountants), growing old can be seen as negative or positive. Is that car a jalopy or vintage? Are you purchasing a battered secondhand table or a priceless antique? Is he hopelessly old-fashioned or strongly traditional? Are those wrinkles we see on your face, or are they laugh lines?
When we Sisters decided to write about Old, we weren’t sure which direction the topic would take us. Interestingly, we all headed to the happier sides of aging. An old structure repurposed and renewed; an ancient city that leads to new discoveries; and stories of older people bringing youthful excitement to their later years.
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