Many People Have A Fear Of Aging; These Helpers Ask: What If We Aged With Joy Instead?

Ageing should not be feared. It is what our bodies, the bodies we have now, are designed to do. Relying on techniques to mask our age is one of the modern equivalents of living ‘according to the flesh’.

But getting older is hard. It is a gift, yes, but it is also heavy. Just as the doors of possibility become fewer and farther between, the burden of grief gets bigger. As the years pass, our losses in life accumulate, threatening to weigh us down. It takes active effort—breaths, walks, conversations with friends, rest—to slow down and remember tha