Talk About the Fear of Aging 谈论对衰老的恐惧

你是希望永远年轻，还是像莫里一样乐于接受变老？

"As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you'd always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth."
“随着年龄的增加，你的阅历也更加丰富。如果你停留在二十二岁的年龄阶段，你就永远是二十二岁的那般浅薄。要知道，衰老并不就是衰败。它是成熟。”

"... if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do
more. You can't wait until sixty-five."
“……一旦找到了生活的意义，你就不会想回到从前去。你想往前走。你想看得更多，做得更多。你想体验六十五岁的那份经历。

"The truth is, part of me is every age. I'm a three-year-old, I'm a five-year-old, I'm a thirty-seven-year-old, I'm a fifty-year-old. I've been through all of them, and I know what it's like. I delight in being a child when it's appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it's appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own."
"How can I be envious of where you are-when I've been there myself?"
“实际上，我分属于不同的年龄阶段。我是个三岁的孩子，也是个五岁的孩子；我是个三十七岁的中年人，也是个五十岁的中年人。这些年龄阶段我都经历过，我知道它们是什么样的。当我应该是个孩子时，我乐于做个孩子；当我应该是个聪明的老头时，我也乐于做个聪明的老头。我乐于接受自然赋于我的一切权力。我属于任何一个年龄，直到现在的我。”
“我不会羡慕你的人生阶段——因为我也有过这个人生阶段。”

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