Here's Another Thing They Didn't Tell You

This is the first in an occasional, observational report.

You know how, when you’re younger and you’re walking down the street behind older people, and you wonder, why are they moving so slowly???

Well, now that I’m officially in the land of the Forgotten-by-Marketing, which by the way is a huge mistake, but that’s a different topic...and I digress...and that’s ANOTHER thing and another topic...but anyway, the reason older people move so slowly is this. Because IT HURTS!

Maybe not a lot and maybe not all the time, and this is totally regardless of how fit you are or have always been. It’s like your body is a refrigerator or any other kitchen appliance or Apple appliance, and one day, the seven year life-expectancy agreement (or, in Apple’s case, 5 years and 3 days) kicks in, and the thing that went Ba-Ding, has simply decided to go Ba-Donk and there you are.

I say this as a warning to the younger readers and an understanding acknowledgement to the somewhat older among us. My point is this: it’s better to be aware of the pitfalls that lie ahead and prepare, or not, as you will, or won’t.

Getting older is a remarkable experience that continues to surprise, frustrate and entertain at the same time. I love being older and interesting. I’m not a fan of being older and dismissed. Either way, it’s how you manage your own expectations and it’s all so very funny, at the end of the day, because everyone will go through it and will see it, or not, for what it is, and they will let it define them, or refuse. 

I refuse.  Because I think I’m utterly amazing. And I think everyone I meet is utterly amazing. And that’s never changed. And I don’t think it ever will. So, I’m not moving more slowly, just so you know. I’m taking my time...because I can.

“Take time to do what makes your soul happy.”

– Unknown