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Re:Youth and what happens when it's gone by mattgreenrocks on Monday March 03, 2025 @11:29AM (#43243415)
I'm starting to understand aging as more a process of becoming who we are meant to be instead of a loss of potentiality. It is a profoundly counter-cultural idea.

I have all-too-brief moments where I experience a visceral sense of literally meeting myself, and the joy therein. I believe that is the work I am to do at the moment, and those small epiphanies are the guideposts.

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Re:Youth and what happens when it's gone by UncleOxidant on Monday March 03, 2025 @12:02PM (#43243902)
> I have all-too-brief moments where I experience a visceral sense of literally meeting myself, and the joy therein.

or the moments where I experience a visceral sense of literally meeting myself and feeling aversion because I realize I'm not the person I thought I was and I need to do better.

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Re:Youth and what happens when it's gone by allturtles on Monday March 03, 2025 @12:33PM (#43244369)
> I'm starting to understand aging as more a process of becoming who we are meant to be instead of a loss of potentiality.

That may be true up to a point. Once you start getting dementia or slip on ice and break your hip, maybe it won't feel like that so much any more.

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