Growing Old

Recently my son Matt asked how old I was.  When I replied 54 he said, "Wow you are middle age already." I replied to him that since life expectancy in the US is 77 then middle age would be 38.5 (take that young-un)!  Now by no means do I feel old, and neither do I feel young, just somewhere in the middle (mmmm).  

It is interesting to note how one's body changes as we grow older, not that it is anybodies business, but it does! When I was younger I was a runner (22 yrs) now if I see someone running I hurt all over.  Actually, I personally believe that some of the modern workout equipment was probably invented by Satan.  I have a treadmill.  I look at it every morning and say "tomorrow", but so far tomorrow hasn't arrived.  I used to be able to eat anything I wanted and not gain a pound, but now I just smell a pizza and I gain 5 lbs. My hair is becoming sprinkled with gray and that can be disconcerting.  I rejoice in the fact that I still have hair.

I have been blessed with good genes in that I pass for someone 10 yrs younger. It's amusing sometimes when people think I’m so much younger and they talk to me as if they were so much older.  When they find out I am several years older than they are, the look on their face is "priceless."

Growing older brings back pain, front pain, leg pain, expanding waist pain (as it is a pain in your waist to let your pants out), but hey, its life so deal with it.

We have all heard that age brings knowledge and wisdom and I am sure that it does, (I think it does, I pray it does).  H.L. Mencken said long ago: "The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."  I don't know if I have gained any wisdom but I have sure learned a few things. I would list them but I have forgotten what they were (time for my Ginkobiloba).

To be serious, time is precious.  I value everyday that I have on this earth.  I appreciate life and I realize that if the Lord tarries that I will be here to deal with a host of issues that aging brings.  David felt the same way that is why he wrote Psalms 71 "A Prayer for God's Help in Old Age."

I guess the greatest thing I have learned is how much I need the help of the Lord in every facet of my life. 

I could say more but I guess it is time to quit ( I have to take my vitamins,  A, B, C, D, and a whole lot more that I don't remember). That's the musings and ramblings of someone slightly older than middle age.