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October 16, 2007 |Permalink |Comments (1)
The Mythology... of Aging
Karen Farakas has written a nice summary of some remarks I made recently in Cleveland, Ohio.
WESTLAKE -- When Eos, the goddess of dawn, realized her Trojan lover had eternal life but not eternal youth, she took pity on him and turned him into a grasshopper.That Greek myth summarizes how Americans view growing old - as something to pity, said Dr. William Thomas, an international authority on geriatrics.
"Our society teaches us that aging is falling apart - something gone wrong," Thomas said. "We now understand that aging is the most human thing about us and we are meant to grow old."
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I certainly agree with Dr. Thomas' comment "...convincing baby boomers will be a challenge." I think one reason for this is that my generation grew up in a media-saturated world. How do you undo years of influence by the media? All forms of media continue to use imagery to convince us that old age is a time to be feared, even dreaded. I think we need to get the media on our side, sooner rather than later. (smile)