Ageism Everywhere

I was taught from a very young age that to grow old is to lose value. I didn't savour every moment I could with my grandparents because I was inundated with messaging that only youth was worth spending any time on. I was raised to celebrate my birthday every year, but only until a certain age. After which, I was expected to have shame around my birth year. Anti-aging is presented as a goal to aim for, and the idea of me being an old person one day is ignored or even worse, avoided. Essentially I have been conditioned to deny my own aging process as well as the ageism this attitude fosters everywhere around me.