I Like Old People

We got free Champagne again in Granada!

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I went to Miyazaki's animation last weekend, Howl's moving castle. Well, it is not as good as Spirited away (In Spirited away, there are quite a few interesting ideas, such as name is very important to one person, the evil spirit would do anything to make you forget your name and thus, your identity. Such as we all need to learn how to deal with desire, the faceless ghost has lost himself after devouring anything in sight to cure his hunger and emptiness). But in Howl's moving castle, apart from the "love could do anything" stuff, I think one thing struck me very much is how Selvi dealt with getting old.

Selvi was under the spell of the evil witch, she turned into a 60 something old lady. She was not panicking about getting ugly (she was not pretty type but she is very head strong), instead, she learnt to cope with it, even enjoy it. Being an old lady, she is free of many subjective judgements. She seemed satisfied with sitting in the chair staring at the nice scenary for hours.

I like seeing middle-age to old ladies or men. Of course, those happy, nicely dressed ones. If they care how they present themselves in front of others, they must be happy and confident and wise. There is nothing more beautiful then that. I love to see old ladies especially, put on their best dress and go shopping with family or friends, laughing. I think, it takes decades of hard work to age gracefully. They should be those who know how to enjoy life, what is more important to life. Hey, what does really matter if you have been through so much and still happy?

I wish I could steal their wisdom.