Warning: If You’re 55 Without These, Prepare for a Miserable Old Age… or Not (JK!)
Whether old age is bitter or not depends on fifty-five.
It means that whether a person’s later life will be difficult or not usually depends on his state and preparation at the age of fifty-five.
Fifty-five years old is an important milestone in life. At this time, although you are in middle age, old age is already close at hand;
At this time, although everything seems to be a foregone conclusion, there are still opportunities for redemption and salvation in some aspects.
If a person reaches the age of fifty-five and still does not have the following three things, or even realizes the importance of the following three things, then he needs to pay special attention. Most of the time he will be miserable in his later years, so don’t take it seriously.
01. Have enough pension money
A famous person once said something like this: In this society, no one can look up to you if you don’t have money. If you have money, you are your brother. If you don’t have money, where will you put it? If you are poor and your clothes are shabby, everything you say is wrong.
Although a bit cruel, this is reality. Although money is not everything, being without money is impossible.
In life, money is needed everywhere and for everything. It can be said that without money, it will be difficult to move forward and everything will not go smoothly, especially for the elderly in their old age.
In old age, people lose their financial resources. If they no longer have a certain amount of savings, their life in their later years will be extremely difficult. After all, once you ask others for money, you will lose your dignity and confidence in life, and you will be manipulated and restrained by others. .
02. Have a healthy body
“Health is the first wealth in life.”
This sentence is simple but tells the truth. Only with a healthy body can you enjoy the good things in life.
If you are in poor health and get sick frequently, it will not only bring pain to yourself but also bring a burden to your family.
If you have not realized the importance of health at the age of 55, you need to pay attention to your diet, exercise, maintain mental health, and avoid getting into trouble with diseases in your later years.
03. Having children’s filial piety
Perhaps, many people have this idea: It doesn’t matter whether their children are filial or not. When they get old, they will live in a nursing home, and if they are sick and cannot move, they will hire a caregiver.
However, you never know what kind of life you will face after living in a nursing home; after you become ill and are hospitalized, you will find out whether the caregiver you hire is a human or a ghost.
I have seen such a report: Because the old man had poor hearing, the nurse thought that he was not cooperating with her work, so the nurse raised his hand and slapped her in the face, and then continued to push and pull the old man’s ears… Because the old man had difficulty moving, I can only endure it silently…
When people are in good health, they always think that as long as they have money, they will be protected in their old age, and nannies and caregivers will take care of them comfortably.
However, only when you are sick, unable to move, and need care from others, you will find that without filial children, no matter how much money you spend, it will be difficult to hire serious and responsible nannies and caregivers.
Take for example hiring a caregiver in your later years:
If you have filial children, you can visit them every day, and supervise them all the time, and the caregivers will do their best, for fear that they will be complained or fired if they are not taken care of well.
However, if the children are not filial, do not visit their parents for several months, and do not care about their parents’ affairs, they will most likely be ignored by the caregivers, or even deliberately abused and bullied…
After all, in old age, the quality of life is completely different if you have filial children and unfilial children.
Therefore, don’t think that it doesn’t matter whether your relationship with your children is good or bad. Before you are old and your children still need it, you must manage and maintain the relationship with your children well.
There are signs of whether a person will live well or poorly in his later years.
If you can have enough savings, a healthy body, and filial children at the age of fifty-five, then your later life will most likely be happy and beautiful;
On the contrary, if you reach the age of fifty-five and do not have these three things, then you will probably be miserable in your later years. Don’t believe it.
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