On your 20th birthday, it should be called, "the Oyster birthday", you are the peril. At age 30 people see the 20-year-old in you with an extremely attractive view. At 40 this former 20 something turns leader and everyone admires this rendition of a 20 marvel as the head widget maker. Then come to the 50th B-day and the touch of grey hits this former twenty-year-old head, don't get sacked. Even the 30 somethings marvel at a 50-master- looks, making any other 20-year-old look childish.
At 65, the scary thing becomes almost complete invisibility just over the hill. No one notices you or can identify that 20-year-old in the mirror who once dominated the cultural scene. In a few short years, 70 appears and poof you are invisible and no one notices. The twenty-year-old no longer exists and the 70-year-old is finally free of a value system built on specific age-related looks. Being 70 allows you to stand at the back of the room and hand out programs at an event attended by 30-40-year-olds who know so much and dress so nice. Another "70 something" approaches the back wall and nods with a wry smile as if saying "we are free and no one cares because our old looks have made us invisible"! An old Holywood poster shows a young budding star and then on The Today Show, a guest appears. Who is that same starlet from fifty years ago? The teenager racing to high school notices the guest on TV and smugly remarks, "whose that old bag"?
Invisibility has hit the former twenty-year-old rising star, aka "old-bag" on the Today Show. It's good to be invisible, you can do so much and no one notices! Three score and ten is the prize, You are invisible now conquer the world.
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