Growing old gracefully

Growing old a wonderful experience

True a few drawbacks here and there.

Missing tooth the least of my worries, a dimming vision, impaired hearing. In it's place I get better understanding in my dim vision I can see more than my youth could, I hear only a little but understand a lot more of what's behind the voice.

I walk steadily but with a slower gait.

When young I never new how many steps to the gate. 

Now I know I don't have to hurry and go at a leisure pace I measure and taste the air and absorb the colours of nature around me.

Never has the world seem so colourful in the past. 

In my youth I have breezed past not noticing the flower on the plant or fruit on the tree only destination seemed important the path was just a means to the source.

Now I am a little wise not to wish my youthful days back.

There was a time when my mind heart and sight searched for bigger, faster, brighter things in life the jazz was loud the drinks were hot the head was in a cloud.

Now I see through senses of experience a smaller subtler parallel world of permanent grace and beauty, then I could see only the beach now I see and feel with great pleasure every grain off sand.

Growing old gracefully is a blessing all should get if so it's the best part of ones life.