Aging

Hello all,
           My name is Nathan Kite, I am currently a junior at the University of Idaho.

          Aging can represent an inevitable decline, or the more optimistic viewpoint that people, to some extent, influence their own experiences of aging. Aging is a process that begins at conception and progresses with each passing moment until death. In the simplest terms, aging occurs because cells are either dying faster than they are replaced or their functioning becomes altered. Our lifestyles in our younger and middle ages, dictate and affect our physical, mental and social health. The choices we make also have an impact on the cognitive and emotional well-being, along with our social lives in our later years.

ON AGING-Maya Angalou

When you see me sitting quietly
Like a sack left on the shelf
Don't think I need you chattering
I'm listening to myself
Hold! Stop! Don't pity me!
Hold! Stop your sympathy!
Understanding if you got it
otherwise ill do without it!

When my bones are stiff and aching
And my feet wont climb the stair
I will only ask one favor:
Don't bring me no rocking chair.

When you see me walking, stumbling,
Don't study and get it wrong.
'Cause tired don't mean lazy
And every goodbye ain't gone.
I'm the same person I was back then.
A lot less hair, a little less chin,
A lot less lungs, and much less wind
But ain't lucky I can still breathe in.