Everybody is expected to “age well” these days. But what if that’s not an option? Plus it’s ageist to think that everybody can, says essayist Erica Manfred. “I have a dream,” she writes, “that one day elders will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the tautness of their muscles but by the content of their character.”  Read her humorous and thought-provoking essay on SeniorPlanet.org.