"The golden years"What are your views on growing old?<br>


In my opinion,growing old is a part of life and we people should just grow old gracefully.What good is it to add years to life if we do not also add life to years? In fact, unless people learn to enjoy life and to grow old gracefully, the extra years may be an additional burden.

People should recognize and accept the aging process and all that goes with it as a reality, a natural part of the life cycle; it happens to us all. The goal is to change the prevailing view of aging as something to be feared and the aged as worthless. We should reverse our societal attitude of aging as an affliction, and instead of spending billions on walling off the aging, spend more to improve the quality of life among the aged.

From 18 to 30 years is roughly the period of highest physical and mental vigor. The experiences we accumulate from the day we are born help us to conserve and to use our physical and mental abilities more wisely, so that for some time after 30 years we are able to perform increasingly well in spite of slowly slipping vigor.After age 50 the increasing accumulation of experience is no longer able to offset the now more rapidly energy and therefore aging begins to assert itself noticeably and in many ways.A number of things may come about gradually such as people who have not used eyeglasses before may at some time in their forties need them for reading, and in the fifties they usually need bifocals.In the forties, people are likely to put on weight because there is a general slowdown in the oxidation rate of the aging body tissue. Also we tend to do less strenuous work with no reduction in the amount of food consumed.In the fifties,there is likely to be some loss of hearing.A hearing aid may be needed in some cases.Thus,in order to maintain our body's physical and mental wellness i think we should exercise and maintain a balance diet even when we are young.

In conclusion,golden years as shown in the topic are there for us to enjoy and treasure.Treasure each moment,and appreciate the very fact that we get the chance to grow old.Not only to grow old,but to grow old gracefully at the same time.


Done by:carol(06)

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