Aging
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. (Franz Kafka, late Austrian-Czech writer)
Kafka began this comparison with “Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty.” In Ecclesiastes 12, the Bible reminds the reader of the complications of aging: diming eyesight, weak legs and shoulders, few remaining teeth. Then, the writer says, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” Thankfully, the grateful heart, though aging, can enjoy the beauty God provides.
Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. (Ecclesiastes 3:11a)