Garrison Keillor

This speech is entitled “Aging: The Opportunity of a Lifetime”if it were your speech, what would you say?

I don’t expect you to write a speech, just share your thoughts.
The original speech by Garrison Keillor. I don’t know him, do you? This title just reached out and grabbed me…

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With age, perception widens.

The view of world around you becomes panoramic.

With age,capacity to enjoy day to day activities increases many fold.

With age,performance improves in events that require endurance

With age enthusiasm, self confidence,patience, perseverance and curiosity increase.

With age, you acquire strength such that nothing can deform you, yet you become very sensitive to pain of others

With age, anxiety, worries disappear.

You acquire the ability to laugh at you stupidity and the inhibition to admit your stupidity disappears

You become master of your destiny .

You acquire greater ability ” to get what you want “and the ability “to want what you have”

You enjoy every moment of life and look forward to the unfolding of reality around you.

The more you age , the more is the enjoyment in living

You become free from desire to be free.

The joys of aging are enjoyed only after aging.

Aging cannot be replaced by any food,medicine,sports,T.V,music,perfume or any other activity.

You have to age to enjoy.

Seniors know more than me,I am just a starter.

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The Witty and Urbane Garrison Keillor in 1985