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Michael Morpurgo , author and former children's laureate, 76, is on Saturday, the 5. October 2019, and he begins to feel his age. But he is not are down, in part because he inspired others, had been actively and positively to the end of your life.

Strange thing, getting Old - because I never thought it would happen to me. Well, it has, and all of a sudden to. Life these days is riddled with small memories. A certain amount of reluctance that I never had when I was Young , when It Comes to the looks in The Mirror . Full body or face. Neither deserves a second look. Mirrors are, in fact, a perfect nuisance. In elevators with mirrors all around, sometimes they had a view of the back of the head, the saw more and more hair missing than The Last time You less than they should, or hoped for.

And an occasional glance in a shop window, as she begins to bent, You feet more. The Two Decisions. A, You play the part. Beethoven, the hands behind the back, bent in The Wind , hair flying, as he composed the Pastoral? Or lift them up, and You go younger, more youthful, a sprightly step, just in case someone else had noticed that the older rags. No one has, of course, because no one is looking. But this is something I noticed. I'm doing The Beethoven walk in The Wind , sums of the Pastoral. Good Choice.

In truth, of course, You hardly need a mirror to remind You that The Years are marching. There are many other characters that You cannot avoid to notice it. You have to think before You bend down to pick something up, or tie a shoelace. There are bathrooms too deep to Get Out , to turn You have, the turtle and push it out upwards. But at least no-one is looking. Then there is a lot to love many people these days and offers You a seat on the bus or the subway. Your little grandson will overtake You on a country walk, and not just because You are pretending To Let him win. You can pretend, You pretend, if You like; but he is not fool, no one is deceived. I'm not fooled.

And these days I find there are way too many visits of doctors and nurses, wonderful though they are. I was used to the tests, when I was Young - Vocabulary tests, comprehension tests, spelling tests. It is blood tests Now .

Then there's to lose the Old friends and neighbors and family. Not sure if You ever used an orphan. This is perhaps the worst of it is Old and getting older. There are more people that You miss, and with each that passes, You 're more alone.

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You can hear his thoughts over the stress and anxiety among the children of A view, on BBC Radio 4 at 08:48 on Sunday, may 6. October

You find them Now among The Last of the Old Trees in The Park , be careful of the wild winds of fortune that could weaken or uproot You . I'm sad, sometimes, that The World around is changing too fast around You and You think You can't belong to, You can't keep up. As a child, I liked to leave never feel. "But You are in the Second Childhood , Michael ," I say to myself. "Get used to it. Must not fear, without eyes, without teeth, without anything. If it's a different childhood, You will be by life, just grateful for it. It means that there is more, more to look forward to, To Live . "

So I've been down in the dumps? No.

Reading for children in a book-shop, in the year 2003

What me the Young and the very Old , the amazing Old drives. The Young light towers, the burning of light, with New Hope , New Energy , the beauty, the passion, the joy of discovery. Be with them, to work with You , inspire You , and You will feel the magic and excitement of youth again, to share it, To Live in its glow. With them, to play around, talk, work, The Years peel off. Age not more tired. If You are gone, I know You have me tired, but I sleep deep and Wake up happy, refreshed, younger in the Heart .

Michael Morpurgo reads a story to a group of students from London, and The Duchess of Cambridge

Just as a rejuvenating and energizing for me are the examples of those who have lived for a long time and never in Old Age , some from the generation before me, whose life is lived to the full, who have stayed positive to the end, active, and who have contributed so much to all of us. They are my mentors. I'm going to try to go to where You have trod, keeping to the right at the end of The Road .

I think of Judith Kerr , author of The Tiger Who Came to tea and When Hitler Pink Rabbit and the Mog books, died Stole recently, at the age of 96. She was at her Desk, writing and painting, just a few weeks before she died. Well into her 90s, she remained tirelessly, traveling in General, in This Country and abroad, speaking and drawing in schools, in libraries, at festivals, in the midst of life. She walked four or five miles Every Day , ran up The Stairs to her Studio, to be loved, with their friends, enjoyed good conversation, and a good whisky last thing at night.

she was a child, a refugee from Nazi Germany , had lived through family tragedy, through the loss and grief, dealing with living alone, worked alone. You had your memories, your cat, your family and friends. She loved her books, meeting the families and children they loved. And what has left a legacy of joy for You ! If You 're ever depressed, and I'm sure she was, You just went on the dream, their stories and characters, went on to write, to paint, to go, to walk her up The Stairs , directly. I go sometimes, if You walked along the Thames, from Hammersmith Bridge to Putney. To only think of Judith, a spring in my step.

We were in a restaurant in Oxford a few years ago. A Man came up to our table. He was Old , but he went high. He said that he had just told to a speech I had given, to us, how much he had enjoyed it, that his name was Roger Bannister . So I found myself speaking of one of My Childhood heroes, the Young Doctor Who had broken the four-minute mile, whose modesty was legendary. He met him, and his wife Morya, I discovered, like You , had to run, brought him fame, it was mainly the medical, neurology, this was his life's work.

In the age, more and more immobilized by Parkinson's disease, he continued his work, for his science, his athleticism, his city, active, for as long as he could, he is an inspiration for all of us. I well remember the determination on his face, as if he wanted to he himself, by the Band, the rainy evening in Oxford, in 1954, when he was The First man in The World ever the mile in under four minutes, a provision that remained with him his whole life, running with him in his wheelchair. The sight of him breasting the tape stays with me. The memory, the I saw of him in his wheelchair The Last time I him, still happy, still positive, reminds me that we have The Power of the human spirit to go on to keep on the right side.

Roger Bannister break the four-minute mile in 1954

In The Village where we live in Devon, we are a small community, with an average age of 75. Every Tuesday lunchtime, the pub, The Duke of York, lays out a lunch for the older residents of The Village . It's £5 per head for a three-course menu costs. Twenty or 30 is to remind a chance to meet, talk of Old Times . The Village consists of a few dozen huts, a village in the hall after the Old School closed over 60 years ago Now - the pub, The Church , the chapel. It is a vibrant community, a strong tradition in the care of our Old people. Families take care of their own older people as well as they can to ensure that older people are on the search for older, more and more. It is a place to be appreciated, where the Old , respected and cared for. And it is a place where I witness daily the courage and dignity of the Old . Also they are my mentors.

I will try to emulate You all, Judith Kerr , Sir Roger Bannister , the Old people of my village, as well as I can. I'm going to keep on the right side.

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