Feeling Left Behind in the Mad Rush to Never Get Old

Everybody is expected to “age well” these days. What if that's not an option?

Everybody is expected to “age well” these days. But what if that’s not an option? Plus it’s ageist to think that everybody can, says essayist Erica Manfred. “I have a dream,” she writes, “that one day elders will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the tautness of their muscles but by the content of their character.”  Read her humorous and thought-provoking essay on SeniorPlanet.org.