"SECS 8 Week 6: How do I want to grow old?"

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Hello Steemians, I hope everyone is doing great. Thanking the organizers of this wonderful contest. Come with me as I drop my opinion.

Old age is a thing most of us fear because we believe old age comes with a lot of responsibilities and also makes us think of death. Our lives are not ours to predict for how long we will live and depart. But it is of God to decide. Nonetheless, us being humans have a lot of fantasies about our lives and were we see ourselves in some years to come.

It is no one’s wish to live dependent on others or to live on medication. Being dependent causes one to experience depression, stress, anxiety etc and all of this will promote a sense of guilt, emptiness, jealousy and most of all fear. Not me wanting to experience all of these, so it is just obvious I want to age healthy, energetic and not limited.

Firstly, since my life is not mine to decide how long I will live, In prayers and supplication according to phil 4:6 I make my request of how long I wish to live on this earth known to God.
Secondly, I take up health routines like;

• Exercising which help reduce risk of age-related diseases.
• Eat healthy diets.( Avoid too much consumption of Maggi).
• Get regular medical check ups.
• Getting adequate night rest.
• Avoiding Alcohol
• Taking care of my mental health, etc.

_{Getting enough sleep} Source

With this measures put in place and if it’s the will of God I believe I will reach the old age I long for.

Yes. I am soo afraid of growing old. This is because I have watched a lot of people become mentally and physically weakened by old age. Most of them lose their loved ones because their loved ones can no longer bare the cross of looking out for them. They become a burden, they can no longer support their families financially, they depend on their relatives for literally everything. But as we all know we can’t cheat nature, it is practically our instinct to be afraid of what may come of our future and our lives once we’ve grown up.

Yes, My grand ma who is my heroine. My grandma was very energetic at her youth even till now she still is. She would sell “Koki and plantain” and cultivate her farms just soo to ensure her children could get educated. She is in her 80s yet she won’t let us stop her from going to the farm. A day we say no grandma no farm for you behold you would find her weeding the grass around the house. Like she just don’t want to sit without working. I admire her strength and really wish God keeps her alive to see my children.

_{My grandma my Heroine.}

I have just one wish for us all. That May our good Lord in His infinite Mercy grant us the desire to reach the age we long for. Amen🙏🤗.

THANKS FOR READING

I invite @zenobiat and @jane-mary to participate in this contest.