I heard a great quote while watching the movie The Guardian. Said by a fifty-something female bartender to a fifty-something male coast guard rescue swimmer:
“Hell, I’ve always been old, Ben. You know what though? I don’t mind. I mean, if my muscles ache it’s cause I’ve used ’em. It’s hard for me to walk up them steps now cause I walked up ’em every night to lay next to a man who loved me.
I got a few wrinkles here and there, but I’ve laid under a thousand skies on sunny days.
I look and feel this way, well, cause I drank and I smoked, I lived and I loved, danced, sang, sweat and screwed my way through a pretty damn good life. Gettin old ain’t bad man; getting old – that’s earned.”
Whew… that’s a great quote. When did getting old become something to be ashamed about? Not that I’m old… :)
Yes..i love this ..makes me feel better bout aging now
Still my favorite quote from that movie
When my son was about 16 yrs old he came in my room and told me this quote. I asked him what he liked about it? He said “Mom, I thought about you after I heard it and I thought I hope my Mom feels that way about getting old”
I have carried it with me ever since.
Aww I love that. :)
As I make my way through my 40s I’m trying to keep it in mind.