朋友說：「我老了！」
我回答：「人生70才開始，你老了？還早得很吶！」
My friend said: “I am old!”
I answered: “The old saying goes ‘Life begins at the age of seventy’. You’re far from old.”
為什麼這樣回答，因為人生70才開始，所以，我們都還沒出生，老了？那當然還早得很。如果還沒有70歲，要為開始的人生做準備，還沒出生怎麼會老？
Why did I give such an answer? Because life begins at the age of seventy, we are not even
born yet or aging, right? Of course we are far from old. If we are not at the age of seventy, we should begin to prepare for our life. We have not been aging since we are not born yet.
如果70歲了，那表示人生開始了，所以才1歲而已，也就是70歲=1歲，140歲才等於71歲。1歲才剛開始準備迎接美好的人生，哪裡會老？
If life begins at the age of seventy, we will be only “one year old” at that time. That is, if “seventy years old” is equal to “one year old”, “140 years old” will be equal to “71 years old”. A beautiful life will begin at the age of only one; so, aren’t we old?
對於年齡的心態和想法，我的心靈年齡永遠沒有年紀！
In terms of the mindset and notion concerning age, there is no certain age for my spiritual age!
另一種回答是，「20歲的老人一堆，80歲的小孩也一堆！你還年輕得很！」
Others may answer “You’re still young! There are many people who are aging despite that they are only 20 years old, while some people are just like children even though they are 80 years old!’
因為老不老，跟外表年齡無關，跟內在心態有關。有些人外表看起來似乎年輕，然而思想僵硬、生活散漫、工作消極、負面情緒一堆、毫無規劃和目標，這類型的人，應該才是「老了」。
Aging does not correlate with external age, but correlates with inner mindset. Although some people may be young in their outer appearances, however, they may be truly “aged” if they are full of stiff thinking, lazy life styles, passive work attitudes, and negative sentiments and if they are unwilling to fulfill plans and goals.
有些人無論什麼年齡，即使看起來似乎有點年紀，然而樂觀、開朗、積極、正向、思想靈活，這類型的人，就是真正的「年輕人」。
Nevertheless, some people are so optimistic, sanguine, active, and positive with flexible thinking, despite their old age in outer appearances. These people are “young” indeed.
在捷克的一間酒吧裡，一位白髮蒼蒼的女士和一群人開心飲酒作樂，原來是祖孫四代的聚餐，這位女士88歲。
In a bar in the Czech Republic, a white-haired woman was having fun with a group of people. This was a dinner party for these people comprising four generations. This lady was 88 years old at that time.
她滿頭白髮散發光芒，臉上有皺紋依然滿臉笑容、臉色紅潤有光澤，朋友很好奇的問她是如何保養身體，怎麼還那麼年輕、快樂、有活力？
She seemed to glow, although she was fully white-haired. She smiled a lot, with her face red and glossy, despite her wrinkles on her face. My friends asked her how to keep fit, because she looked so young, happy and vigorous!
只見她靦腆的用手遮住嘴巴一直笑，沒想到她40幾歲的孫子搶著回答：「美滿的性生活！」她笑而不答，笑得更開心了。
She felt so shy, keeping smiling with her hands covering her mouth. Unexpectedly, Her forty-something grandson took the lead to answer: “Satisfactory sexual life!” She smiled more happily, without giving any answer.
人類創造了時間的觀念，所以時間會一秒一秒累積，因此有了年紀和壽命的想法，於是時間累積的少就認為年輕，累積的多就認為是老，心態和想法就不知不覺產生了變化，然而這只是人類自我設限的枷鎖而已，地球上的其他生命不知道年齡是什麼，反而沒有煩惱，沒有年齡的觀念，一樣可以過得自在，若沒有了生命，年齡數字也就毫無意義。
People create the concept of time. Hence, we all think that time will accumulate second by second, and then the ideas about age and life span occur. Therefore, we may consider ourselves as young when we have not accumulated too much time yet, while considering ourselves too old, if too much time has been accumulated already. Because of this, we have changes in our mindset and thinking insensibly. However, this is merely the yoke imposed by ourselves. Other creatures on the Earth have no ideas about age, and they are free from worry. Without the concept of age, we can still lead a carefree life, because the number of age will become meaningless without life.
年齡的枷鎖會讓我們很自然的認定：什麼年齡就該有什麼樣的行為。例如：30歲了，該結婚了；40歲了，步入中年；60歲了，該退休了。
The yoke of age will make us naturally presume that we should behave according to our ages. For example, we should get married at the age of 30; we are in our mid-life since we are 40; we should retire when we are 60.
一句：我老了。代表了多少心態的反轉，無形中，潛意識也會漸漸失去生命積極的動力，這樣的念頭會在不自覺的牽引下，自然而然把自己往「老」的方向前進。
The words “I am old” may reverse our mindset. Then, our sub-consciousness will also lose the active life power gradually and insensibly. With the insensible influence brought by such a notion, we might push ourselves toward the direction of “aging”.
跳脫年齡的觀念，根本忘掉定年齡的框架，快樂做自己。
We should get rid of the concept of age, to be ourselves happily by totally forgetting the frames of age.
~~Raymond Hsu~~
