As any avid lifelong athlete can attest, growing older means accepting physical changes and limitations, ones that the mind tries to deny while the body screams: Pay attention!
Now in my early 50s, I have come to grips with the fact I am no longer in my 20s (although my brain and overall love for life is more like a 10-year-old). I am well past my 30s, and, for that matter, my 40s. Oh how I long for my 40s.
I …
