Aging and losing size
I still have that desire to be big, but it isn’t healthy or worth the risk to do that. You were always big and still are, but does not being that big ever bother you?
You’ve been through it, the fire and ice. I hope we have a long time to go to fight some more good fights. In the meantime, I thank God for what I have and try my best to do what’s right. Sometimes I’m not sure what that is and sometimes I do and blow it.
I don’t think we’re alone in our “getting-old” blues… it’s tough to give up what you’ve had, especially for athletes — power, control, mobility, stature.
There are treasures in their place — compensations — and we’ve gotta allow them to surface before us like gems in the rough: courage, grace, thankfulness, simplicity and tolerance, for example. And these we must gain without giving up, ducking, hiding, complaining, or compromising our honor and morals.
That doesn’t mean we can’t train like we’re slightly wacky…
Getting a grip on myself is tougher than grasping the iron… Trust in the Lord… DD
Dave Draper - Dave Draper Posted on December 9th, 2007 in Aging Well by Dave Draper