Sure, there are gains, skills earned, and new experiences to be had, but getting older involves a great deal of loss.
As we age, we constantly lose securities and familiarity. The world we have grown to know, changes around us, and we are repeatedly forced to give up things we love. Over and over again, we are expected to say goodbye to the only things we have ever known. Unknowingly, we leave behind old versions of ourselves as we indulge our maturational tendencies. Then, we reach a point when we realize we no longer are who we once were.
As a group, we give much of our attention to celebrating milestones. We honor achievements, and we rejoice at annual accomplishments. However, all too often we forget that getting older means leaving something behind.
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