As Old as You Feel

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 This is the end of Love Week and both my wife and I had check-ups with our physician.  Sometimes I think of myself as an old Spiritual guy with most of what I have in life IS my Spirituality and my health, apart from family, of course.    I got a check-up the other day and basically I am doing fine.  The fact is that my wife needs me to be around and I need to remain healthy.

I wonder what I'd be saying if I wasnt fine?  We simply cannot ignore our health.  I thought about this while polishing our car the other day, thinking about the various specialists I need to keep this old body operating and my mind thinking clearly.  We get enough exercise and we're both working on keeping our general health good.  

Spiritual people tend to be in general good health.  My pipe hasn't hurt me none.   And since my Spiritual life began a little over 30 years ago, I have been what I would say is pretty healthy mentally.  I'm into taking general knowledge quizzes that appear from time time on my YouTube account and I tend to do quite well, but only an idiot wouldn't.  I miss the ocassiinal English questiion, but there are times I want to argue about an answer and I can't.  

I can recall a lot of things from way back, but ocassiinally I'll forget about more current events in my life.  I'll still recall our various trips, but sometimes I'll see a photo I took and can't recall taking it.  I still get places, people, and events confused.  But these days I think more about my birth as as a Spiritual person and don't want to forget.  I smoke a pipe.  It's what I do.  It is my tool for meditation.  

My doctor asked me about my pipe.  I told her I don't inhale.  However, I am convinced she thinks ANY tobacco will kill a person.  I didn't tell her this, but I was thinking my Spirituality is like insurance.  I just wonder what I'd be like if I DIDN'T smoke a pipe.  That thought has crossed my mind more than once.  When it comes to our health our bodies can't be ignored.  And our minds can't either, for that matter.   

I would say that for an old Spiritual guy, I'm not doing too bad in either body ot mind assessment.  I live with the ocassiinal aches and pains, and I know my mind isn't as sharp these days, but overall not too bad for my age.  It's just important to take care of our bodies and our minds.  I'm writing this morning with some Captain Black Original tobacco in my Savinelli Favola Churchwarden pipe.  I thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave  

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