As of today, according to the government, I am officially old. A senior citizen. An OAP. For, as of today, I am receiving the State Pension.
Do I feel old? No, definitely not. Indeed, it comes as a daily surprise to me to think of myself in terms of chronology.
Recently, my wife came back from seeing one of her long-standing friends. ‘She remembered how you like porridge,’ Jane told me.
Being a (at times, intensely) private person, I felt myself bridle inwardly: ‘What’s that got to do with them? How do they know?’, I thought but didn’t say. My feelings were further aggravated when what I heard next was: ‘And that you like the other cereal.’
We live in a world of change and unpredictability. An unstable place affected by climate change, wars, political events and humanitarian crises.
