As you age, you start to realize that your emotions are in your hands and not someone else's. Once you put them in someone else's hands, that's when you give them the power, and you can't change it. Only they can change it.
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As I get older, the more I don't want my life to be emotionally out of balance in the way it was in my twenties.
This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.
As you get older, you learn there are some things out of your control.
When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.
As we get older, we tend to think it is less OK to be vulnerable and to feel what we feel. It's kind of bull. We all still feel things pretty deeply. It just becomes less socially acceptable to express that.
Everyone has emotions; you just learn to use then and be comfortable with them.
I think, as you're growing up, your emotions are just as deep as they are when you're an adult. You're ability to feel lonely, longing, confused or angry are just as deep. We don't feel things more as we get older.
Anytime you really take a close look at people who are dealing with the aging process, you're going to have a complicated reaction to what you're seeing and feeling. If you're in the middle of it, those emotions are going to be quadrupled. It's immediate, it's relatable, so it's good human drama.
When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
As you get older, there's a loosening of the ties to the ego and the posturing of who you are and how you behave.