They Call Us "Senior Citizens"
Cairo / Dr. Fatten Said
We were born in the early 1960s, and we grew up through the sixties and seventies. We studied in the sixties, seventies, and eighties, and we lived the most beautiful years of our lives in the seventies, eighties, and nineties. We got married, discovered the world, embarked on adventures, and built our dreams during those wonderful decades. We settled down at the dawn of the new millennium, and we grew wiser with each passing year. And here we are, steadily continuing our journey through whatever remains of it.
We have lived through six different decades… through two different centuries… and across two different millennia. We transitioned from landline phones routed through switchboard operators to video calls with anyone, anywhere in the world. We moved from traditional photographs and slides to YouTube, from vinyl records to digital music, and from handwritten letters to email and WhatsApp. We followed matches on the radio, then on black-and-white televisions, then color TVs, and now on HD screens and digital platforms. We knew the first computers, punch cards, and floppy disks—and today, we carry entire libraries of knowledge and information in our smartphones.
We wore shorts in our childhood, lived through the fashion trends of the seventies and eighties, and witnessed every social and cultural shift that generations have experienced. We survived numerous epidemics and diseases, lived through major global events and transformations, all the way to the era of COVID-19. We rode bicycles, motorcycles, and conventional cars—and today, we are witnessing the age of hybrid and electric vehicles.
Yes… we have been through a lot, but it was truly a beautiful life.
We are an extraordinary generation… born into an analog world, spent our youth in a digital world, and now we are living in the age of artificial intelligence. We have seen nearly everything… and experienced changes that no other generation has witnessed with such speed and magnitude.
We are the generation that learned how to adapt to change, how to rise after every shift, and how to keep moving forward. A heartfelt salute to every member of this unique generation—a generation that will never be repeated.
But the undeniable truth is that time does not stop.
Life is a mission we came to fulfill, and every day that passes never returns. You glance at the clock and find that evening has fallen. You look at the calendar and find that the week is over. Then the month ends… then the year… and suddenly you realize that forty, fifty, sixty years—or more—have passed as if they were but a moment.
You look around… and you find that some friends are no longer here. Some loved ones have departed. And a great many of those who once walked alongside us have preceded us to God's mercy. You come to realize that life is not measured by the number of years, but by the number of moments we lived with sincerity and love.
Therefore… do not postpone your joy. Do not delay a kind word. Do not put off meeting those you love. Hold fast to your children, grandchildren, friends, and loved ones for as long as you can. For a day will come when nothing remains but beautiful memories, sincere prayers, and the mark of love we left in the hearts of others. Time… unfortunately… does not turn back. And today is your day. We are no longer at an age for excuses, procrastination, or postponement.
Live your day with love… walk your path with gratitude… and make a beautiful memory worth telling.
