The commentator said we need "a new kind of old." She works in the geriatric field and was discussing problems associated with an aging population.
Her words made me think again of what Science and Health offers on this subject. It truly is a new view—infinitely more comforting, practical, and joyous than the concept that, while aging is inevitable, we can at least hope to briefly postpone its tragedies.
The author, Mary Baker Eddy, writes: "Never record ages. Chronological data are no part of the vast forever. Time-tables of birth and death are so many conspiracies against manhood and womanhood." On the same page, she adds: "Life is eternal. We should find this out, and begin the demonstration thereof. Life and goodness are immortal. Let us then shape our views of existence into loveliness, freshness, and continuity, rather than into age and blight." Science and Health, p. 246.
