{"id":124916,"date":"2024-06-21T12:26:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T17:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124916"},"modified":"2024-06-21T12:27:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T17:27:58","slug":"is-age-really-just-a-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124916","title":{"rendered":"Is Age Really Just a Number?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124916\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124917 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/download-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/download-1-3.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/download-1-3-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Ana Braga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why do we often hear the phrase \u201cAge is just a number\u201d when we clearly don\u2019t value our elders? In western culture, especially in the US, retirement homes are filled with senior citizens. A lot, if not most, don\u2019t get a regular visitor. They\u2019re often forgotten as their relatives are too busy to stop by.<\/p>\n<p>In eastern culture, like for instance Japan, the elders are well respected and valued. The Japanese bow to greet an older person and seek knowledge and life advice from them. The elders have lived longer, therefore they hold more knowledge of the world and life situations. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the US, the elders are sadly regarded almost as an inconvenience. They move slower, they talk slower. A good example is how the media and many people refer to our President Joe Biden. He\u2019s old so we shouldn\u2019t even listen to him right? Why should he be in charge of important decisions you may ask? Well, if you\u2019re asking that you have no clue how our government works. We have 3 branches of government and our president has a staff, he isn\u2019t carrying the country alone.<\/p>\n<p>Old people are often mocked and mistreated. Why do we believe an older person has no value just because they\u2019re old? If you think it\u2019s tough getting old for a man, let me tell you about aging as a woman. If you\u2019re over 35 and you\u2019re not married with kids, there\u2019s a big chance the far right will start wondering what\u2019s wrong with you. I say far right because I don\u2019t see this behavior from liberal men. If you\u2019re 40 + and not married, you\u2019re considered damaged goods and an old hag. The men, for the most part, ages charmingly while the women just ages. Now, if you\u2019re a Trump supporter, Trump is in great shape and he can do no wrong. See the hypocrisy?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I wish the west just valued our elders more and seek life\u2019s knowledge from them. They have walked the path we are about to walk soon, if we are lucky to live as long as Donald Trump or Joe Biden. Not that I would ask Trump for any life advice, don\u2019t get it twisted folks. But you get where I\u2019m coming from.<\/p>\n<p>I will leave you with some food for thought&#8230;\u00a0 How can we treat our seniors better? Maybe have a little more patience when you come in contact with an elderly person? Even a smile could make a difference.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Ana on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theanabraga\/\">Instagram <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAnaBraga\">Twitter<\/a> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ana Braga Why do we often hear the phrase \u201cAge is just a number\u201d when we clearly don\u2019t value our elders? In western culture, especially in the US, retirement homes are filled with senior citizens. A lot, if not most, don\u2019t get a regular visitor. They\u2019re often forgotten as their relatives are too busy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[32141],"class_list":["post-124916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-is-age-really-just-a-number"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124916"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}