(#5876) The weight of time and space

      I suggest all you younger people get out into life and experience the wonders of our world before you settle in to your eventual routines. Because when you are young your body is vibrant and alive. When you get older your body will take on the pains and affliction that come with age. After a certain amount of time you quit refreshing as a young person and instead modulate into a declining state. Then is when you will truly know how difficult life is when your body cannot keep up with your still young mind. So take heed and get out into the world and live with a gusto that you find happy. I am sitting here on the threshold of 70 and still my mind thinks I am 20.
     The problem is that mind over matter is rare. So as I continue to stretch the boundaries of my limited abilities I only add to those limitations with aches and pains still new to my knowledge bank. The good thing for me is that I didn't start a career out of the starting line and instead experienced life on my terms before I became another cog in the wheel. Know this, we all eventually end up being a cog in the wheel. Just take some time before committing to that if possible. When you are young your abilities are at a high potential unlike later when gravity and repetition become major influencers. I won't tell you how I lived my early adulthood but suffice it to say I was adventurous and bold.
     I took nothing for granted and took care of myself in the most fundamental ways thus keeping myself true to me. Yet I was part of life not just watching it from a distance. I didn't get an early start on my retirement, I lived as if I was retired in my early youth. I knew from observation of the world around me that getting caught up in major responsibilities before I was ready would only usher in a failure for me. I know I am only going to live once in this existence and for a bit as an early adult I wanted it to be on my terms, a choice, not as a demand. Here I am now nearer the end of my life with few regrets about how I lived with memories I have experienced. I am fortunate in this regard. I look around and see people who have waited until they are older to get out and experience life only to be living it not in their youth nor the time of their youth without their best health.