Do you think we grow in wisdom or just decrepitude as we age?

I’ve been thinking about my own aging process – body and brain capacity diminishing, but confidence and self-esteem improving. At times, though, I still feel like I’m seventeen. I’m also looking at how age is depicted in the media and the way we as a society demean the very old. I’d like to hear from a variety of Jellies about how you respond to your own aging process and how you view older people.