You have to know how to grow older

You have to know how to grow older without fear, without longing for the past. We must grow old with dignity, without shame, without asking for permission, without hurting ourselves. You have to know that the years do not make us old, that with time we get wrinkles, but they also come out from having laughed, from enjoying the sun and the wind, old friends and good times. You have to know that happiness does not put on makeup, that no matter how old it is, the heart will never be wrinkled, that true love is not immediate love. You have to learn to love beauty and to walk more slowly, accept that you are no longer a child and still keep playing... from the web