In this weekend’s edition of Financial Times, columnist Harry Eyres reflected on his
once-in-25-year school reunion. In his Slow Lane column, he wrote “The reunion was characterized by warmth and a sort of heartiness. With age, people generally get kinder and a touch less painfully shy. No one seemed to have returned to settle scores.”
I agreed with him PARTIALLY. In my opinion, as one gets older, one has a choice between becoming a grumpy old man or a mellowed and kinder person. It is a decision that one has to make, consciously or subconsciously. I think as one matures, one needs to make an effort to focus on the positive things in life and let go of things including past incidents that we can’t change. Forget, forgive and open up heart and mind to march on the path of maturity.