Accept yourself and embrace the passage of time. You are better today than you were yesterday, and you will be better yet tomorrow. You may not have the body of a twenty-year-old, but your experience makes you a better lover. You may have lines on your face, but they give you character and signal wisdom. You may not be able to work twelve-hour days, but you don’t need to. You may not be proficient at day-trading stocks online, but you’re savvy enough to know you can’t time the market.
Whether or not you embrace the passage of time, you will end up in the same place. Every human being suffers from a fatal disease: life. Time will pass – your children will leave the nest, you will develop wrinkles, loved ones will die – no matter what you do.
