How Old is Old?

Have you once asked yourself "How old is old?" . I haven't pondered upon this question before until Tetcha of Pensive Thoughts and Yami of Mom Writes for a Cause gave me this tag, which is actually a contest sponsored by Cathara Main.

The question reminds me of my dear father. I knew that if I'll jokingly tell him that he's old now...he would simply remind me that he's not old, he's simply getting older...he..he..

Old means that you have given up. I know a lot of young people who are "old". They veg out on couches watching TV all the time or playing computer games instead of reading a good book. They look exhausted and drawn only from entertaining themselves nearly to death. Too bad...tsk..tsk...

Getting older on the other hand, means discovering more of life. It means refusing to retire in the mind. George Burns, when turning 92 said: "Don't retire, because you don't enjoy anything when you're retired. Fall in love with what you're going to do for living."

How old is old then? It is ageless- it can't be measured by age but by the condition of how you view your life. You're OLD if you give up in this life , retire in the mind and stopped discovering more of life.

I refused to be old, yet I accept that I become more creative in getting older.

OLD is always young until the NEW arrives. Old never becomes old because it is only born when the new one comes. OLD also is the present name of the past therefore it's always born everyday.

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I love to hear what my witty friends, Kaye, Hazel, Pehpot, Seiko, and Chubskulit, Rose have in mind for this question: How old is old?