Happy Birthday, You're Aging Now

Me: Your birthday is coming
Friend: I know! Don't remind me of that! Gosh, I'm old!!!
Me: What's so wrong with getting old?
A lot of people always remark this, 'gosh I'm old' just because the numbers of their age have changed. X + 1 = OLD. A dreadful formula. I don't think there's any wrong with being old and aging. It's a process everybody must go through in her life. But nowadays, in our society, the word 'aging' is such a dread for them. I know lots of people hate to see those wrinkles on their face, but why don't you let those anti-wrinkle creams produced by those giant cosmetic companies do their job, although, to tell you the truth, they can't really erase your wrinkles and that means they can't really erase your worries either. Let's talk about the fear that even anti-wrinkle creams can't solve it for you. The fact that you, despite all those creams, will get old, someday. The fact of seeing that wrinkles scares you, so you run for botox, because you think it can help you. You run away from the fact that everybody gets old as years go by.
Isn't it such a vain, to run away from reality, to think that botox can save you? (your age) + 1 is not about looking less attactive because of the wrinkles you have, it's about being mature, loving the the ups and downs in your life and most of all being the real person you want to be. I don't know about other people, but I myself always think that the best that you can do in dealing with this is to age gracefully. I guess I don't have that much vanity. As Nicole Kidman said about her turning 40 in a few years,"You can fight things in life, or you can move into them with grace."
Finally, after giving him a session full of yapping, he gave in and said : I promise to age gracefully.
And he turns 23 today. Happy birthday, you're aging now. Enjoy!