Aging Gracefully

I do not love my body. I cruelly blame it for my recurring unhappiness. I have made it the culprit for my failures in love. I spent years starving it and then stuffing it and talking horribly to it. I have not been kind to this flesh, and changing my destructive attitude is the work of a lifetime.
You will fail at things that are important to you. You will be scared, even terrified, about your future. It will be OK, because you are a really hard worker, and you will make new opportunities. Your voice is uncertain at age 20, but it will grow in strength.
I'm proposing a new holiday. Or rather, a new use for an old holiday. I believe that we should make Thanksgiving the day when we celebrate elder wisdom by asking older people to tell us their advice for living. Here's why.
Younger people are right to ask: Why should I spend time listening to old people's advice about how to live my life?