Growing up and Growing old

Growing up is one thing and growing old is another. 

As we grow up we learn new things everyday, unlearn the old things and hence we can easily adapt.

But, as we grow old, we loose the ability of unlearning and the new things which we learn just keep adding up to our character. And then, there are bits and pieces of everything in you, of each of those good or bad memories and moments. That's what makes you whole. Sadly, you even get the parts which are murky. You start to become like people who have been there in your life for a good amount of time. But what about when those people leave you, then voila! Needlessly you get to keep those parts as well for free. You feel like you have lost the real and basic you and concentrate too much on the broken you.  It's not that easy to tame that side since you are not used to being with it alone and without the host who you got all those properties from. You feel engulfed by that side and don't know how to get rid of it.

What to do in such situations ? 

I say close your eyes and do what your instinct says and focus that energy on the long pending garbage in your life as two negatives cancel each other.