Well...it's 2008. It doesn't look much different than 2007. After all, it's only a date. Arbitrary. Not really meaning anything other than I have to use another calender and I'll probably be writing the wrong year on my checks for the next month or two. Still, it's as good a benchmark as any for most people to make little promises to themselves about what they will do for the next year. Resolutions.
Many people make resolutions about what they are not going to do. "I'm going to quit smoking, I'm going to quit drinking, I'm going to stop eating so much, I'm going to quit surfing for internet porn on my boss's computer"...whatever. I, however, have more ambitious ideas. I'm not going to vow to quit this or do that; I'm aiming for a revolution in my lifestyle that will carry on for however many more years I might have left in this ragged old body of mine.
I've been told that, at the mellow age of fifty, there are certain aspects of one's body that must be accepted as a given of nature. A sagging gut. Drooping shoulders. Flabby arms. Man boobs. All of which I reject as an inevitable process of aging. I can accept some things; gray hair, wrinkles, ear hair, and so on...but I believe that increased flab and decreased muscle is just a result of inattention. At my age, the metabolism slows and what my body use to be able to handle at 25 no longer works at 50. If I eat poorly, it shows. If I don't exercise, it shows. It's somewhat like this old crappy computer I am using right now. When it was new, it was fast and worked great. Now it's a bit slower, full of junk, and if I don't start taking care of it..will crash into a pile of junk.
Actually, it may be too late for my computer but I can buy another. I can't buy another body so I have to believe that I can salvage it from years of neglect and abuse.
You say you want a revolution? Well...ya know...we all want to change.
I'm doing it.
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I wish you the best of luck..I am there with you, just not 50..LOL
Great comments. I really get pissed when I hear someone say "I've got a gut and I'm lazy because that's what 50 year old guys do".
That is what that person has chosen to do.
I agree that I am never going to look like a 25 year old again but I will be the best I can be for where I am now. I am not going to use the excuse that I am old so it does not matter what I look like or how I take care of myself. I am not giving up.
Some things I can't make better, but if I can make something better I am sure going to try.
Terry
diamond --- Just you wait, lol
terry --- I'd rather take care of myself and feel better for the next ten years than do nothing and feel like a slug for thirty.
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