The Advantages of Age

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 I thought about this the other day as I thought about turning 73 in a week or so.  My Spirit Guides have done a pretty good job of caring for my body.  I still get around pretty well and some man bagging at the grocery store called me "son" the other day as we were checking out.  And I almost told him how old I was, but bit my tongue when I began to realize he wasn't all there.  Each encounter I've had with him hasn't been pleasant.  But I came to the conclusion he had mental issues.  But he's the wrong person for customer relations and decided the store wasn't sure where to put him.

But all that aside, I decided that for being 73, I'm not in too bad of shape, both mentally and physically, for my age.  I tire easily if I do too much.  This is why I want to get back to the gym.  I need to build my stamina.  And the heat can get to me.  But overall there is nothing I can't do if something needs to be done.  I'm just a little slower.  But I'm thinking my Spirit Guides have done a pretty good job in caring for both my body and my mind.

At least I'm self-sufficient.  I drive less, but that is by choice.  A 94 year old woman was arrested recently for manslaughter when her car went out of control when she hit two elderly pedestrians killing one and injuring seriously another, both of whom were in their 70's.  If I had done that, I would have had a complete breakdown.  I still drive and maybe more like a teenager when driving my son's convertible with the top down.  

I had a Corvette pull up next to me and a red light and the driver of that car revved his engine at the light.  I wasn't about to do something foolish and I didn't.  But maybe in my younger years I might have wanted some fun.  But I let the Corvette take off as I thought he would and lost him someplace in front of me.  I'm more content to just enjoy the ride.  But age teaches something else.  You don't do foolish things when you're older.  And I know too age sets an example.  I let him be the foolish one.  

I like to think life has taught me a lot of lessons.  Before my Spirit Guides I think of myself now as having been young and foolish then but since then not so much so.  I have a responsibility to my Guides.  And I feel that in all I say and do.  I'm not perfect.  My Guides didn't make me perfect.  I've had to learn.  And I'm still learning to this very day.  

Sometimes I've felt God made a big mistake with me and I can sometimes see myself as some crazy old man.  But when I'm at my best I know my responsibility.  God needs me with a good body and a better mind.  I pay close attention to both.  I'm not so sure I enjoy being called "son" by someone twenty years my junior, but I don't mind being thought of as being younger than I am.  It's easier when my wife is thought to be 20 years younger by many.  

Maybe it's thought these days only old men smoke pipes.  In my case they'd be right.  I've been doing it for 50 years.  And I guess I'm living on borrowed time.  But I'll make the most of it.  My pipe this morning is my Rosedale pipe and my tobacco is my Special Blend I'll review tomorrow.  My coffee this morning is from the Blue Bottle Coffee Comoany.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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