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Aging is not Diminishment
Speaking on aging, the Catholic nun Joan Chittister has this to say:
One thing this period is not about is diminishment, though physical diminishment is surely a natural part of it. It is, instead, about giving ourselves over to a new kind of development, to the kinds of change that began in us at the time of conception and continue in us still. The truth is that we are a great deal more than our bodies, have always been more than our bodies, but it can take us most of a lifetime to learn that.
Our moral obligation is not, as society might lead us to believe, to ski at sixty and jog at seventy, and bike at eighty. No, our moral obligation is to stay as well as we can, to remain active, to avoid abusing our bodies, to do the things that interest us and to enrich the lives of those around us. Our spiritual obligation is to age well—so that others who meet us may have the courage, the spiritual depth, to do the same. Abandoning life before life is over is not just resignation; it is not trying to reach for God on God’s terms.
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