I find it curious that the mind doesn’t age as fast as the body. At least it doesn’t seem that way to me. When I was younger I never imagined that old people didn’t feel old in their heads. For me, although my body continues to age and on occasion betrays me, in my mind I’m still 30. Why 30? I have no idea, but maybe it has something to do with coming of age. I still believe I can do all the same things I could then. It never occurs to me that my body disagrees until I try it, then I usually pay for it with aches and pains for a couple of days. When did I start to think that 9:00 or even 10:00 is a normal and reasonable bedtime? Shouldn’t I be able to stay up till all hours and function on minimal sleep? What happened to all that energy I used to have? I’m certainly wiser than I was at 30. At least I like to think so. I like to believe that I’ve learned a lot since then and am better for my past mistakes. They say age is just a state of mind and I agree. Now if I could just get my body to get on board with that statement...............