Definitely, a “yes” for me.  Personally, I have no trouble when it comes to my age.  I am not ashamed to disclose it should someone asks.  Unlike some people who are so conscious with their age that they tend to keep it to themselves, avoiding inevitable questions related to it.  For them, talking about their age is an overly personal issue they do not like spreading around.

Why do people seem to get touchy when talking about their age or even just asked about it?  Probably because for them, an increasing age is a sign of old age.  Well, it may be but not necessarily.  What matters are your attitude, and perceptions.  And even so, there is nothing wrong at all with being aged.  It only indicates that you have been in this world longer to harvest wisdom, courage and respect.

I bet, from the moment you were perceived to be old enough to know what age was, you were already told so many times to act like it.  And as you matured, you started putting limits on yourself, like you should not or could not do this and that because they seem to be childish for your age. With the same mindset as yours, it is not surprising anymore why people somehow go transverse into accelerated ageing, looking old than they actually are.

Age is just a number.  Don’t you think so?  Well, I think so.  It is nothing more than an indication of the number of wonderful and exciting years we have lived on this world. There is nothing more to it and nothing less, even. 

Sure enough, age may bring forth some physical and health conditions.  But these do not prove anything to everybody.  For there are 60, 70 or 80 years old that are as strong as a bull, while there are teenagers and twenty something individuals who are tied to their beds and are weak and sick.  This is because, our biological age has nothing to do with our condition and state in life.  Instead, it has a lot to do with how we look at things and how we live our life.  No one can put a stop to the whole ageing process.  This one is very true.  But then, how you appear physically and to what extent you enjoy your life largely relies on how you feel about yourself.

Contrary to the perceptions of many, youthful people or those with big age literally, and yet display a vibrant and vigorous spirits and personalities are not into the so-called Peter Pan Syndrome.  These people certainly are not irresponsible, or immature.  Rather, they are normal people just like you and me, who opt to nurture their life in such disposition.  They are responsible adults living their life to the fullest, enjoying it while they can.  In fact, these people set a good example on how life should be lived.  They do not take on the whole ageing thing as a lame excuse to idle by and do nothing.

The next time you hear somebody excusing himself or herself from doing something due to age, it is not really all about it.  But it is more convincing to say, he or she refuses to do it simply because of lack of interest or the drive to do it.  Age, after all, has always been taken as the easiest escape and the most convenient excuse.

If somebody asks you again about your age, do not immediately answer him or her.  Rather, revert the question and throws it back to the one who asked you first.  Ask him or her how old he or she thinks you are.  If the answer pleases you, perhaps you have attuned to a better and more youthful mindset.  However, if the assumption stands close to your real age and you are not so happy with it, it is about time you re-evaluate your attitude.  Remember, age is just a number.  It does not speak at all who you are, for you are as old as you deem.