An email full of jokes about getting older came through yesterday during a power outage here at work. I thought I'd share some with you:
- Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: "And what do
you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked. She
simply replied, "No peer pressure."
- Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to
the very elderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?" "98," she
replied. "Two years older than me." "So you're 96," the undertaker
commented. She responded, "Hardly worth going home isn't it?
- Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.
- I've still got it, but nobody wants to see it.
- Don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get back up.
But this next one is my favourite - not because it's funny but because it is so true. For a period of time I did feel it in myself; I was too serious or I just did not have enough to laugh about. Our children make us laugh a lot (but less as they grow into teenagehood). And so does love and trust. When we're at ease with each other but also with ourselves, we find ourselves laughing so freely and easily - even back at ourselves!... Anyway, here it is:
Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old
because you stop laughing.
