“One
of the greatest glories of growing older is the willingness to ask why and,
getting no good answer, deciding to follow my own inclinations and desires.
Asking why is the way to wisdom. Why are we supposed to want possessions we
don’t need and work that seems besides the point and tight shoes and a fake
tan? Why are we supposed to think new is better than old, youth and vigor
better than long life and experience? Why are we supposed to turn our backs on
those who have preceded us and snipe at those who come after? When we were
small children we asked “Why?” constantly. Asking the question now is more a
matter of testing the limits of what sometimes seems a narrow world. One of the useful things about age is realizing
conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity.” Moral da história: envelhecer também
tem o seu lado positivo.
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