Time cannot be reversed. The invisible watchmaker relentlessly counts one hour after another, soullessly watching how people age. It would seem that just recently you were still racing with friends on a bicycle, honking curious onlookers, and now, with one wave of eyelashes, and you are already at your first workplace. A little more, and it will be replaced by the second, then a cascade of all kinds of memories and ... a fireplace, and you are surrounded by your grandchildren.
Living every new day, a person notices obvious changes within himself. As if he was deprived of something, something very important and irreplaceable. But why? What do we lose with age?
Changes within us
What people lose with age is faith. No, it’s not God, they believe in him every day more and more, because it can calm them down. No, it’s different here. The belief in miracles is lost, that there is a place for magic in the world.
We used to believe in Santa Claus, a good magician and lost treasures. All our dreams were directed far ahead, towards the unknown. But years passed, and all these fantasies disappeared, and harsh reality came in their place.
This is not to say that this is bad, because this is the only way to survive in our world. But still the fact remains, faith in miracles is what we lose with age.
The body is the temple of the soul
As soon as our inner world changes, external changes will not take long. After all, the body is a reflection of the soul.
With age, all our vices break out. Smoking affects teeth and hair, alcohol on the skin, and non-exhausting work makes our faces stony, as if they were not at all able to express emotions.
So beauty is what we lose with age. Although you can keep it extremely long if you lead a correct lifestyle. But this is a completely different conversation.
It's hard to be a reliable companion
Friends are also what we lose with age. Indeed, every year they are becoming less and less. What is the reason? Well, here are a few answers.
Firstly, quite often life itself interferes with normal relations, scattering comrades in different cities.
Secondly, the difference in social groups becomes an insurmountable barrier.
And thirdly, our laziness. It is she who becomes the key factor that prevents just calling and asking a friend: "How are you?"