Growing old May Be a Choice!  

hi dear .. what a question, why do we age ..

i believe in the term 'wear & tear' when we use something alot it seems to deteriorate and at one point of time just give up ..

just look at ourself as cars... a brand new car and used car ... they are both so much different in many ways ...

getting old is not a disease at all ... as disease is having an 'intruder' unwanted virus present in our body ...

hi there zandi, growing old by age is of course not buy choiceb, but growing old and feeling young is by choice lol, my grand mother is already at her 70's so funny but she still dance in the dance floor.. we always thank God for our grandmothers health.. at his age 78 she is still young physically..and her secret manage you problem well and stay happy always, think of great things, positive lifestyle and always laugh..and of course exercise...

I also believe lifestyle such as smoking drinking ,sleeping late , stress etc..etc..will make you happy but will make you older than you age..

have a positive lifestyle its a choice

That would be a good question to discuss. I may not have the wisdom of King Solomon, nor the prophetic views of Apostle John, but I understood that aging happens because of sin. Our first parents sinned against God and that was the start of all the troubles we have, including aging as part of our normal life. I think that I need to view it as normal part of life and I don't need to shrink thinking and considering that one day, I will grow old, if I don't die young. I believe that you are blessed because you have reached half a century when few people reach that age. I am not sure if I can reach that age. Enjoy being that seasoned woman

i dont think aging is a disease as its just the normal life cycle of life. if people will not get old then that would be a disease as its already immortal or abnormal. like i saw a certain movie about the person that when her mother give birth the baby looks old then year by year he looks young, its like the reverse of those normal person. i will accept being old if i know that i can have rest after long time of none stop working, its the time that people will enjoy the fruits of their hard work, see their children and grandchildren and enjoy life without worrying about going to work. unless we become old and yet we still have nothing in life then its really scary.

I've always felt that age is all in the mind. Ok, so right now my mind is telling me I'm 21 while my body is thinking nearer 90 - lol. I feel the passing of the years, time speeding up while I slow down. I often wish I wasn't aging but it's inevitable.

In nature everything wears out. So I think it is natural for this to happen to our bodies, the trick is to keep that body in the best shape possible until the end.

I have no idea why we do but I feel thqat having kids around helps you keep young! I really dont feel I am 70 till I try to walk very far my hip and knee hurts but I found out it was from taking a cholestrol med that distroied you muscles and things.
I stopped that nad am taking a home remediy hoping to get this all reversed for I love to walk!

I don't know, but if we could choose NOT to age, Jack Lalanne would still be 20 and he's looking pretty darn old.

The point about constant regenerating makes sense to me. However it seems that I have regenerated somethings I just do not want. I bet it is the baggage, as you said.

Disease..yeah not so sure bout that because there are people that actually want to "grow old gracefully" with wrinkles,gray head and all. I don't know if we can stop aging completely but we can certainly do have a choice in just how quickly and in which way we age and we can even naturally reverse signs of aging taking better care of ourselves but you have to stick to the program.