We have mistakenly made ageing, a natural process, into a battle, something that we have to defeat and conquer.
We could embrace our growing old and enjoy the wisdom and respect that comes from having years of life experience, but we chose to hide our years, clinging on to the last strands of youth, or going under the knife and becoming a joke to others.
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