"I'm too old for that! Really?"
Posted by Kyle Taylor on Tue, Mar 08, 2011 @ 04:31 PM
As I approach 40, I notice more and more that I can't do some things as easily as I once did. Lately, I have been telling my kids that, "I'm too old for that." But then I saw this...
So, if she can do this, am I really too old?
My Resolution
I know the new year has passed, but this experience has lead me to a new resolution - that I am NEVER too old. Being too old I have realized is an excuse. I may be too lazy; too fat; too out of shape; too boring; too simple minded, but never too old.
Old age is inevitable, but the other conditions aren't. I can't choose if I will get older, but I can choose if I will eat right; if I will exercise; if I will socialize; if I will laugh or if I will challenge my brain.
I worked with a man who taught me a valuable lesson. At the time, I would guess he was in his 70s. One day, I asked him his age. He responded, "I am just as old as you think I am." At first I thought he was dodging the question, but as I thought about it, I noticed the wisdom in that answer. I have noticed that once someone knows how old you are, they put you in a box. If they know you are 25, you are placed in the box of how all 25 year-olds should act. Whereas my co-workers answer provided him the flexibility to be perceived as he dictated, not as his birth certificate dictated.
Where ever you are in life, never say you are too old.
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