I was chatting to a friend on the beach yesterday about how, at the start of the second world war in 1939 many children were evacuated from big cities to the country side because it was thought to be safer for them there. He was reminiscing and saying to me ‘Were you evacuated?’ I replied, ‘Well I wasn’t born then!,’ ‘Oh dear me, he laughed, ‘I thought for a moment we were the same age!’
Just as we assume the listener is familiar with the pop music we grew up with or the films we saw in out teenage years so too do we assume that people are a similar age to us!
However I believe it’s health to have friends and acquaintances of all ages. As you get older, particularly it’s important to keep in touch with the world around you, be ready to keep on learning new things and be willing to try new experiences too. When you do that then even if you are beginning to look older you will still have a swing in your step and a smile on your face and your spirit will remain young too.
If you are heading towards retirement you will find my book ‘Get ready for retirement’ offers you many snipets of good advise to have a life after work. You can buy it from Amazon and Lulu.com/sekersley
