Well admittedly when you get older you tend to forget these things. :)

I’ve heard it ascribed to Oscar Wilde, although according to Whistler he probably stole it from someone himself.

My grandfather says this, and meets his age with a reverent smile. It's so unburdening to embrace age. The fear of it is encompassing and I feel it on the edge of my mind at times.

But it is _so_ incredibly liberating to meet it with a warm smile and acceptance.

Age is not a punishment, it's a gift, a privilege, to carry the memories we have and to wear our lives on our face like we're able to.

I have to stash this gem somewhere safe. Thanks.

Thing is, we don't quite know about the alternative. The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns and all that.

It varies. Got badly injured a few years ago. Had a period of almost a year of horrific agony.

At a certain point living was just a horrible punishment.

It depends. We do have voluntary euthanasia after all, so perhaps the alternative can be better in some cases.

"Everybody wants to grow old, but nobody wants to be old"