Don't assume that growing old is the same for everyone, or that it will be a pleasant time of love and family. Some old people end up nuts, some are bedridden; some die in their 60s; some have no family; some are alone and lonely; some get no respect, no love, no comfort; some end up in homes sharing a room with someone with dementia; some sit all day in a wheelchair in front of a TV; not everyone is loved and cherished and have their health in old age; some repeat the same sentence all day and have no idea who you are; some have hip replacements and two days later have gone gaga and peeing from their eighth floor hospital window; some are sick for ten years before they die; some outlive everyone they know; some are surrounded by caring family; some are robbed by their sons and daughters and never visited again; some end up depressed; some die while having a nap on the living room couch watching TV, and all old people will agree that these people are the lucky ones.
