APAD: "Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional"

本帖于 2024-08-30 09:59:50 时间, 由普通用户 最西边的岛上 编辑
"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional
- Walt Disney or Chili Davis or Anonymous (pick the one you like the most ;-)

Possible Meanings

A serious one (from Quora but please don't ask me what it means):
" Entropy is a physical law all things obey and it says we must decay to simpler things. Thus life is anti-entropy (we defy the universe to live, literally). We’re lucky to live as long as we do and we do it because we are smart. We eat omnivorously, have social support systems, and have culture and technology that assists our prolonged anti-entropy states. Ultimately, we are just a blurr in the chemical reactions that happen every moment in our universe. We are special but also not. In the end, like all systems, we are in flux. Part of the flux is growing old and dying. That’s life in this universe. Be grateful you’re able to be organized as a human right now to wonder. Also, remember, you’ve always existedold, exist now, and will exist for all time; the catch is that you’re not always going to be in the state you are in now. Again, be grateful for the state your in now."

A easy one (also from Quora):
"Quite simple, actually—our biological bodies will age, and eventually die—but some people never fully arrive at a mature, balanced place psychologically—and some of us never lose touch with the magical, innocent, wonderful child within."

To me, there is no confusion in "growing old".  But "growing up" has two different meanings:
1. To be moulded into a standard piece of the main stream of the society, do and say what are expected and can be taken to anywhere and plugged in like an AI ;-)
2. To come to maturity intellectually, be respectful to Mother Nature and others, and be responsible for own actions.

Although these two are not mutually exclusive and I did try to fit in when I was young and didn't know much, I personally don't like and have been trying to refuse to become a "standard piece" all my
adulthood。 
 
I wish us all be mature as per #2, but "never lose touch with the magical, innocent, wonderful child within“.  加油


Good news: the mid-autumn festival cookies have arrived in Walmart Canada, and I bought a box yesterday ;-)
 
 

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the serious one is a serious atheism. death&tax r mandatory -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 05:13:25

hahaha, thinkPositively: tax will b final when deathComes;)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 05:26:59

is the moon cake imported from China? -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 05:14:20

I had mine 3yrs in a row from a local home kitchen -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (27 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 05:15:35

Store1s r LikelyFomC. I only like&trust稻香村cookies, haven't -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 05:32:16

bought月饼4ages, made myOwn 冰皮月饼,烤豆沙//鲜肉月饼 b4 :-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 05:39:03

I am irreconcilable with meat mooncake -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 06:13:14

I know (per粽子talk;-). I like 2try differentFood, but agree -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 06:18:34

meat should stay with 包子和饺子only ;-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 06:19:39

I like this quote. Life is a journey, aging is inevitable, -瓷善家- 给 瓷善家 发送悄悄话 瓷善家 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 08:08:36

But maintaining curiosity&youthful spirit is your own choice -瓷善家- 给 瓷善家 发送悄悄话 瓷善家 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 08:12:28

U got it! ;-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 08:20:18

We die to give space to the younger generations:) -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 13:32:29

& may Ur spirits live on w/ them and be passed on ;-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 13:51:55

我不爱读书,就跟着APAD学习,growing old and growing up, -天边一片白云- 给 天边一片白云 发送悄悄话 天边一片白云 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 19:06:25

白云美眉,我们一起学习. growing old naturally & growing up positively. -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 08/30/2024 postreply 19:12:25

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