Can Growing Old Be Fun or Delightful?

Betty White said, “Growing old isn’t for sissies”. Indeed, it is easy to focus on the things that we can no longer do, that we have lost, or on our physical ailments, but is there a flip side? Can growing older be fun? Can it have delightful moments? The answer is unequivocally yes. Whether it’s being social and laughing out loud with friends, enjoying our grandchildren, marvelling at the creativity of AI, feeling freer to express ourselves, finding courage to do new things, or discovering that being a senior is not as bad as anticipated, having fun and being playful can also be a part of growing older. We can now do silly things and get away with them and find humour in what we have to adapt to, like being with our spouse 24/7! What’s fun about growing older is worth talking about and a great way to remind ourselves we are always young at heart.