{"id":1518,"date":"2010-11-19T13:05:52","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T21:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:12","slug":"changing-perspectives-with-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/19\/changing-perspectives-with-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Perspectives with Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/19\/changing-perspectives-with-age\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F11%2F19%2Fchanging-perspectives-with-age%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>The day after my birthday, I&#8217;m noticing a few things when it comes to perspective around age.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For example, for the first part of my life, every professional (doctor, dentist, business owner, store manager, lawyer, etc.) I ever dealt with was older than me.<\/p>\n<p>For the next chunk of my life, they&#8217;ve been approximately the same age &#8212; some older, some younger, but averaging out around my general demographic.<\/p>\n<p>Soon I&#8217;ll be entering a phase where they&#8217;ll all be younger than me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t see these changes coming&#8230; they just kind of happened.<\/p>\n<p>Do you remember the saying, &#8220;Don&#8217;t trust anyone over 30?&#8221; Well, &#8220;30&#8221; used to seem &#8220;old&#8221;. Now it seems &#8220;young&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Funny, though, I don&#8217;t really feel any older, despite all this. Maybe it&#8217;s like the French say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Plus \u00e7a change, plus c\u2019est la m\u00eame chose. (The more things change, the more they stay the same.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nah, scratch that. I might not feel older, but I do feel I&#8217;m getting a bit wiser.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day after my birthday, I&#8217;m noticing a few things when it comes to perspective around age. For example, for the first part of my life, every professional (doctor, dentist, business owner, store manager, lawyer, etc.) I ever dealt with was older than me. 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