Yes, it will no longer just be one rambling paragraph anymore. It probably will still be a lot of rambling, just maybe an easier read now? That being said – what’s on my mind today?…

Aging.

I’ll be 67 next month. We can’t escape aging no matter how hard we try. It’s scary as hell, too. The body is going to do whatever it’s going to do, no matter how much time and effort you put into staying healthy and fit. And at some point, it will just stop. Everybody reading this will be dead someday. Guaranteed. And as we age, we can see it coming. Heck, we can feel it. We wake up sore from the day before, even on days we didn’t really do that much. We find bruises and we have no idea how we got them. Hair stops growing where we want it to grow, and starts growing where we’d rather not have it at all. Our days are numbered, and every day the time we have left shrinks. Welcome to life on earth. It’s a sexually transmitted 100% fatal disease. We all know this.

What do we do with this knowledge, then? How are we to live knowing we’re just going to die anyway? What difference does it make?

I also have a few friends who don’t believe there is a God at all. We die, that’s it. Nothing happens. My problem with this one is this – how does a soul die? The body will die, we know this. How do you kill the essence of us as individuals, though? As with the case above, I understand how and why people feel this way, but I personally think that our souls will move on somehow. There are many documented cases of near death experiences that seem to bear this out, but really – the only way to know will be to go through it ourselves. And we’re all on the list, too.

When we’re young we often feel unstoppable. Like we can do anything, get no sleep, eat and drink whatever we want, without any real consequences. We’re all gonna die, so let’s just party all the time, right? I did it for years. It’s no way to live. It very well could land you in an early grave, actually. And mentally it will take its toll as well. Hedonism as a lifestyle will kill you.

As we age, I think it’s natural to start to consider other options. Like – just trying to be the best people we can be. For me, this is really the only choice. I will do everything I can to live my life in a way that I have the most positive affect on the people I meet and influence them (and thereby the world) in a meaningful way. I will value integrity. And honesty. I will give everything I have to everything I do.

I will keep myself young mentally.

While we have no choice when it comes to our body, we can choose how we think. We can control our actions. There is no aging within our souls, but we can let an old person move into our minds. Don’t let it happen. Stay young and open mentally, always. Do the right thing, always. Be the best person you can be. And when your time comes, you can die knowing you did your best. It’s a crazy ride we’re on. We get to decide how to maneuver through it.

I wish you well on your journey today, and always.