One day, you will arrive at a time when it is a great surprise to you to discover that you are, in fact, the same age as those around you. A rift will appear in the foundation of your Earth—it may be when you balk at being asked on a date by an old guy before you realize he’s exactly your age, or the first time a doctor gives “age” as an answer to your question about why something is happening in your body, or the moment you realize a conversation with a friend centered around your plans for old age.
It begins small, this rift—as small as a wrinkle, a light crease where it was smooth as an egg before. Then it grows, this fracture between the You you feel and the You you are. It may widen into a crevasse or lengthen and divide you right in two. You may notice others stepping gingerly around the fissure, or worse, not trying to cross it at all.
You’ll have a choice, too: will you carefully avoid the age gap, or ignore it, or take steps to stitch it back together? How long can you live with one foot on each side of the fissure—or will you choose a side? Which side will you choose?
I know people who live only in the past. I know people who live only in the future. I’d like to live fully in the moment, and I wonder if that means living in the gap, and do you have to jump, and what’s waiting down there?
Progressive Tense 
Love this. So true. Most of the time I can reconcile my two selves, but occasionally I look in the mirror and wonder who is this old woman? Eloquently said, as usual Maria!
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As long as you feel you are living in the Gap, you are not Old.
Deirdre
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love this xo
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 2:40 PM Progressive Tense wrote:
> mariafordwriter posted: ” One day, you will arrive at a time when it is a > great surprise to you to discover that you are, in fact, the same age as > those around you. A rift will appear in the foundation of your Earth—it may > be when you balk at being asked on a date by an old guy b” >
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Sometimes age is as simple as you’re only as old as your knees feel. There’s only one way to find out what’s in the gap… and if you don’t look, you’ll always wonder.
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