I watch basketball nowdays, pretty much any level and recall the freedom of playing. Of moving around the court. It looks so easy as I watch. I get caught up in thinking that I can still do all that. Then the inevitable jolt back to reality when I walk around and my heel or ankle is hurting. Hell I don't think that I could run across the street anymore ..... at least while looking somewhat graceful . But in the occasional bizarre fantasies of my mind, I still feel like it's not a problem.
It's difficult to give up certain notions. I mean, why can't I still play? Even in those moments where seemingly every physical movement is a struggle, I still don't think of myself as old.
Even in those frequent moments these days where I feel at a total loss with technology, I still don't think of myslef as old. With each passing decade, I change my working definition of old, to the next decade. Approaching age 60 now and I view 70 as old. Of course at 50, I said that 60 was the age.
Possibly no defintion changes as much in the eyes of each individual as the defintion of "old age." Who wants to really admit to it? Who truly wants to give in to it?
Certainly not I!!!
Watching basketball causes me to feel young. Like I've defied the aging process. Just watching a game! I don't have the same reaction with any other sport. Not even with listening to music.
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