How old would I feel if I didn't know how old I was? I mean I get out of bed every morning, the same way I've been doing it every day for years, decades even... maybe I rely on my right arm a little more to give me a push into a sitting position... maybe I let out a little grunt... I don't know, I really haven't noticed.
But as the day goes on, I get all these little occurrences and events that remind me I'm getting older... I get called 'sir' more often... younger people hold the door for me and even wait for me to catch up when I wasn't really in any hurry... or somebody will remind me not to do something because I'm not as young as I used to be.
All these little things collect in my mind as the day goes on... and sometimes by the end of the day I really do feel old. I'm just wondering if there weren't constant reminders everywhere, would I feel younger? I realize aging is a gradual process and you just don't go from feeling young one day to being bent over holding your back the next... but how much do outside influences really affect your mindset?
Most of the time I don't have any of the little aches and pains associated with getting older. Maybe I've just been lucky in that regard. One strange thing though, when I look in the mirror in the morning I just see me, I don't even think about age... but if I look at a recent picture of myself, I always think, 'Damn I got old.' That's kinda weird, I think.
I know I'm getting older and there are plenty of signs, gray hair, more forehead, grandchildren popping up here and there, 2 or 3 cakes to hold all the birthday candles, etc... but I feel so much younger than my chronological age suggests... So I guess I have to find a way to not let any outside stuff influence my thinking... oh yea, and forget about selfies... no selfies.
These days you call your wife, your shorty,
They say sixty is now the new forty
I hear getting older is all the rage,
just gonna live my life and forget my age.
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