We are the Elderly

I was born in 1934. So I am the Pre-Elderly, but still identify with the sentiments in this posting from My Face Book Page. I hope you are aging gracefully.

"Many have passed away, and those who are still here are called "the elderly." We were born in the 40s-50s-60s. We grew up in the 50's-60's-70's. We studied in the 60s-70s-80s. We were together in the 70s-80s-90s. We got married or not and discovered the world in the 70s-80s-90s.

We were adventuring into the 80s - 90s. We're settling in to the 2000s. We became wiser in 2010s.

And we’re going strong into 2020 and beyond. Turns out we went through EIGHT different decades...

TWO different centuries...TWO different millennials...

We've gone from phone with operator for long distance calls, pay booths to video calls worldwide.

We’ve gone from slides to YouTube, vinyls to online music, handwritten letters to emails and to What's App; Live games on the radio, black and white TV, color TV, then HD 3D TV. We went to the video store and now watching Netflix. We've known the first computers, punch cards, disks and now we have gigabytes and megabytes on our smartphones.

We wore shorts all through our childhood, then trousers, ep pants or mini-skirts, Oxfords, Clarks, Palestinian scarves, jumpsuits, and blue jeans. We avoided childhood paralysis, meningitis, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, swine flu and now COVID-19. We've done roller skating, roller skating, tricycle, bicycle, moped, gasoline or diesel and now we drive hybrids or electric cars.

We played with the little ones horses and checkers, ostrich and marbles, 1000 threshold and monopoly, now there's candy crush on our smartphones. And we read... much. And our schoolmates religion was not a subject... We used to drink tap water and lemonade in glass bottles, and the vegetables on our plate were always fresh, today we get meals delivered, via DoorDash or Instacart.

Yes, we have been through a lot but what a beautiful life we have had! They might describe us as “ex-annuals”; people who were born in this 50s world, who had an analog childhood and digital adulthood. We should add Biological Revolution that we have witnessed. In 1960, biology was very descriptive. 

We have witnessed the event of Molecular Biology: the molecules of Life have been discovered: DNA, RNA etc. When you see everything that has come from it: gene therapy, gene fingerprints, and others the progress is considerable.

We kind of have "seen it all"! Our generation has literally lived and witnessed more than any other in every dimension of life. This is our generation that has literally adapted to "CHANGE". A big congratulations to all the members of a very special generation".

Every country in the world is experiencing growth in both the size and the proportion of older persons in the population. By 2030, 1 in 6 people in the world will be aged 60 years or over. At this time the share of the population aged 60 years and over will increase from 1 billion in 2020 to 1.4 billion.

Lastly enjoy my photo of the Day

Lastly, If you are a THD Resident who will be 90 years old by the end of 2024 or over, I am thinking of forming a NONAGENARIAN Club here at THD. It will be just a social club, we will meet once a month and talk our common concerns. It is another way to build sense of community and belonging we really need at the stage of our lives specially if we live alone. Let me know if you are interested!