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There is one thing that I have learned, and it's that life is too short to worry how long you have to live it.
There are days when I feel as old as the stars, because of something that has happened, or a random train of thought (and yes, I know what a senior moment feels like although I am only a kid) or whatever.
Must be all that time spent with my old neighbor.
I don't really get what you're asking.
I think it is that how can one measured how old they are by how good the years were? Because it would still be measured in years, Only by good years.
And people would not really be able to measure how good those years were, Because how good they were to you, Could be different from how good they really were. As things are better to some then others.
I don't really measure life in the amount of years I've spent or how good those years were.
I live life day by day,"playing it by ear".This may seem precarious to some around me.
I know I'm not fully in control of how events that affect me unfold.All I can do is make descisions based on previous expierience or learned ones.That is where both the time spent and quality of those times comes into play.
I sometimes think I'm still chasing those good times to make them better,(usually) sometimes ends up less than that.I'll keep trying.
Measuring life/age in years is done for the same reason that any other unit of measure is created...because it allows for a point of reference to others. Running a mile might be a torturous excruciatingly long event for you, but a quick sprint through the park for others. OK, so how about we make it a subjective unit of measurement. That way, when I ask you how far down the road I need to go before I turn right, I also have to figure out if when you say a mile you mean 20 miles, or 2 blocks. Yeah, that sounds efficient. ;)
So measuring a life in years is simply akin to that...it is a measurement required because the law is not capable of determining which people are mature enough at 15 to drink responsibly, drive and vote. Age is used in medicine as well, as a guideline because in general, a 2 yr old's body cannot handle the same medications/treatments that a 20 yr old's can. It is used to set an understanding of what world events someone has lived through, what generation they belong to, etc.
To equate age with quality of life is unreasonable. I'd far rather have 50 great years than 100 lousy ones. At the same time, I don't want only 40 good years because I'd not be around to see my children graduate or get married or have children.
Arrowshot- Philosophers and poets have spent thousands and thousands of years contemplating that question. If you are 18 and someone told you that you will have a great, awesome, fun filled life but you would die at 30 I bet the kid will be ok with that. Live fast, Die young.
Then your priorities change. I am sure the person nearing 50 is looking and hoping he has another good 20 years, and thus when he turns 70 he will hope for another 10; so on and so on.
Would you want to live to be 100 years old, but the last 30 years you are slipping in health and the last 15 years of your life is spent in a retirement home, or bed ridden? At the same time, do you want to work super hard, and at 60 years of age you have a heart attack and look back and realize you spent all that time doing nothing?
I guess my opinion is skewed because I have been able (Good or bad is up for debate) to wander the country and the world for most of my adult life- and there are times I would trade everything I have seen and done for a lifetime of complacency.
To Quote Ben Harper "When you get to Heaven they don't ask how much you saved but how much you gave"