The individual pleasures of growing old

Elton John once said: “If you let things happen, that's a magical life.”

I think for myself, my siblings, my family, and friends we have had a magical life. Now I cannot speak for sure about my siblings and friends but I believe that they have had magical lives. Some of my friends were planners and made plans, stuck to them, and achieved their goals. I never did. For the most part, I let life happen and just followed my nose from one day to the next, one month and one year to the next. When I was presented with a great project or an idea, and I took it on, I did then plan and focus on the goals I needed to complete the project or bring the idea alive. When it was done, I never knew what was around the corner, but I was always ready to embrace it if it was fun and challenging. What about you?

I know I am lucky because as I age, I do not have too many serious diseases, I have a retirement income which I saved for but I know people who do not. I also know people that have serious diseases and they are reduced to a daily life that is made up of the essentials: rest, meals, medications with the remaining time devoted to one's individual kinds of pleasures of growing older. I was captured by the phrase the individual pleasures of growing older. What are they for others?

For me it is meeting with my friends, talking to my brother on the phone, helping my wife when I can, spending all the time I want online writing. Enjoying a homemade cookie or dessert. Going to bed and waking up without an alarm clock. Walking in the sun, giving workshops where I meet so many interesting people. 

What are your pleasures of growing older?