{"id":36,"date":"2011-07-29T14:01:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T14:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fromthemasters\/?p=36"},"modified":"2011-07-29T14:01:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T14:01:14","slug":"bits-pieces-thoughts-on-aging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fromthemasters\/2011\/07\/bits-pieces-thoughts-on-aging.html","title":{"rendered":"Bits &#038; Pieces: THOUGHTS ON AGING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/294\/2011\/07\/federico_fellini_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-38\" title=\"federico_fellini_2\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/294\/2011\/07\/federico_fellini_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We do not necessarily improve with age: For better or for worse, we become more like ourselves.<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211; Peter Hall\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a certain kind of carefree that returns to you in old age, different from the carefree of youth when you didn&#8217;t know any better. 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