Change Your View On Aging [Start Your Week]

Change Your View on Aging

I’m 72 years old, but I don’t feel that old. They say you’re always the same age on the inside, so I guess that’s why I think I’m still 25. My late wife used to say to me, “When are you going to grow up and act your age?” I didn’t have an answer for her because I never wanted to grow up, and certainly didn’t want to act my age, whatever that was supposed to look like. I just wanted to stay young in my thinking and remain active, doing everything possible to keep from LOOKING old. Well, that last one is a lot harder. I’m still working on it with marginal success. 

The idea of aging has always been on my mind, especially as I grow older chronologically. It’s hard to believe how much looks change as a person ages. I look at photos of me when I was 30 years younger and say, “Wow, I have really changed.” Of course, when you lose all of your hair, you do look a lot different...