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The older you get, life becomes more difficult. Discuss.

#life
The hardest truth to accept is the fact that ‘as we
age
,
life
 becomes more difficult’. When we’re young, we often live in an illusion that we can easily control everything. But the reality is that everything has its limit, including
life
. Sooner or later, in
life
, we reach a point where we have to learn to accept things as they are -
instead
 of controlling or trying to manipulate them in our favour. It’s a ‘wake up call’ to remind us that
life
 is not pre-planned. As we get older, probably the very
first
 thing that we learn is to let go of some of our dearest friends or loved ones. Some get married,
some get busy with
Suggestion
get busy with some
 work, or some move away. No matter what the situation is, some people in our
life
 do drift apart as time goes by. Aging is another big factor that somehow makes our
life
 even more difficult. While aging is inevitable, most of us somewhere believe that we still have not lived enough or have not gained enough experiences as per our rapidly increasing
age
. Some of us even regret going through a wrong career path or taking the wrong decision that impacted their entire
life
 because of that single decision. We often get caught up in work and other
life
 situations to the extent that we even forget about our parents. But
life
 hits us hard when we realize that our parents are
also
 aging like us. Watching them get older or dying in front of your eyes due to a certain medical condition is indeed one of the most difficult situations in
life
. At a certain phase of our
life
, we’ll even start facing different body-related issues like lack of energy and less enthusiasm at work.
Moreover
, our health graph begins to drop with
age
. While there are many advanced technologies and devices to help us upkeep our healthy lifestyle, there comes a time when we do have to rely on others for medical attention or care.
This
 means no matter how hard we try to achieve everything in
life
, there will be some things or desires that will remain as dreams or even fade away with
age
. All we can do is just to learn to live our
life
 to the fullest with whatever we already have - since we are always unaware of what’s in store for us at every turn of
life
.
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