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Aging and Physical Challenges
childhood sell as valuable "antiques."
You are more reluctant to fix what isn't
broken. And you no longer wony about
being drafted. Like Scarlet O'Hara, you
know there are certain things not worth
thinking about until tomorrow. In your
30's, your heart governed your head. In
your 40's, your head governed your
heart. At 50, your kidneys govern both.
Now, you begin to expect that maybe,
after all, happiness doesn't live "over
there." And at this point, it occurs to
you that if Helen Keller could get
through her life, then somehow you can
get through yours.
So,
we would like to
tell you the Secret of Long Life: "Eat like
a
horse, think like
a
fox, work like
a
dog, play like
a
rabbit-- and, of course,
see your veterinarian twice
a
year."
At 50, you realize that you can't be
too out of shape to watch
a
football
game. You used to be active in sports,
but bad knees put an early end to your
athletic career
--
you played marbles.
We know that you have been
a
great
athlete
--
we have seen you throw
a
wet
blanket the entire length of
a
room. It
has probably occurred to you that if
your ship hasn't come in yet, it's time to
get the tugboats.
However, the
graduate school loans are finally paid in
full. The verdict is in on whether candy
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