Old Age: Loss or Evolution

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Old age does not begin with wrinkles and gray hairs, it begins with renunciations, with the stairway that is avoided, with the letter that goes away. It does not come at once, it settles gradually, in the body, in the routine and in the habits that are installed. In our culture old age is lived as a loss, instead of seeing it as a form of evolution. To age, in the end, it is nothing but to close circles, to let weight go, to let go of certain sk…