Act Your Age

Here's the question I am being asked today, "Why are you doing that?  Act your age!"  This all pertains to my birthday.  Being a strong believer that your age is how you feel, some days I feel like 75 but most days I feel my age of about 50.  When someone asked me the question above, I comment, "What does acting your age feel like?  Are you saying that acting my age is what society expects it to be or is it how I feel and act?"   Reality says that I can never do what I did at 18 but then again I really don't want to do that.

A couple of weeks ago I had a blast throwing a softball with some guys from church.  From age 15 until 48 I played softball multiple times each week.  Even after Achilles heel surgery, and two other surgeries on my tendons in the right leg, (which got fixed in the "off" season)  I was playing again.

Then one night while playing with our church I pivoted on my foot to make a throw to first base and heard a "pop".  The left leg was killing me and I thought it was broken but at the hospital, it turned out that I separated the entire calf muscle from the left leg bone.  Officially my playing days were over.

Today I love to still throw the ball and hit but will not do it competitively again.  My mind still says I can but the body says, "Not so fast."  Now people ask me what my age is and  I tell them I feel and therefore am 56 today.  It is the age I feel today. Society set my real age, not me.  Those who know me say, "What, you're not 56!"  Here's the deal.  I told myself that I was not going to age over 60.  Each year after that date, I subtract a year and will continue to do that until I die.

Refuse to act or be your social age.

Therefore age is a state of mind and the more active you try to be the younger you will feel.  As for me I hope to make it back to 25 before I call this life over.  Then again I may not remember much at that age but the journey will be so much fun!

NEVER ACT YOUR AGE!