Still Bearing Fruit in Old Age
They still bear fruit in old age; they stay full of sap and green.
Do I see aging as decline, or as a season for a different kind of fruit?
📝Reflection
This verse paints old age not as a withering season but as one that still bears fruit. The phrase "full of sap" is especially fine — outwardly old, yet inwardly not dried up. Some fruit ripens not through youth but only through years: understanding, generosity, a deep calm. I saw aging only as losing. But there is fruit that youth can never bear — an unhurried wisdom, a largeness that holds failure. Just as a late-autumn tree is not poorer than a spring one, an aged life has fruit that belongs only to its season.
🌱Apply It Today
Today, recall and note one "fruit" you have now that you lacked when young. Age does not only take away.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
