The tale of Folly on growing old:

Benjamin D`isreali said: Life is too short as to be small. But this is exactly what I excel in. I make people think that they deal with very essential matters in their lives, be it art, literature, war, children games, power games, love and careers etc, in order not to be bothered by the bitter fact; That their life is short and …small.
Poor humans! They have been granted a short life as to understand their own self illusion which I, Folly, wrap them in. There are three ways to get old, which I make bearable for them:
1) Growing old in the old fashioned and common manner, with slow disintegration of body and mind, and which is the inevitable end of most people over the age of seventy, but modern people do not accept it any longer, due to my persuasion and seduction.
2) Growing old like spoiled, playful children as many oldies with decent pensions try to live up to. They believe- becoming children again by my discrete help- that it can not only prolong their lives, being active, engaged and eat certain diets but gives them the best out of life.
3) And there is another common way of growing old- mentally- which hits lots of people already in their twenties or thirties and this mental aging follow them to their graves. This mental aging infects them when they do not dare surprise themselves and the world, by making a difference in the world beyond living their transitory, ordinary lives. They hope that something or somebody will change their lives, but resign to routine, sensuality, day dreams, playing like children, and making the tasks of mundane life as the meaning of life. In all these preoccupations, you will find my signature This is the most common mental aging, yet most demanding for me, as I have to convince people with young body and with old souls, that they are virtually young and promising…