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When you realize that everything you thought was "edgy" and "cool" was actually target-marketed at you by a committee of middle-aged marketing and ad execs.
I remainded physically strong until about 45, when I felt age start creeping in. At 58 (now) I certainly feel young, mentally, but I now recognize my physical limitations. I guess developing Type I diabetes around age 45 did not help.
My mother is 86 and still extremely active. Her uncle lived to 98: it was January of 2002; he was leaving his favorate bar at 2 a.m., to walk back to his apartment close by. He slipped on ice, and was not discovered for a couple of hours. He was then taken to the hospital. I visited him that next evening, and he seemed to be doing well and was in his usual good spirits. The next morning, he walked into the bathroom of his hospital room, sat on the toilet, and simply died.
All true. My great uncle enjoyed life, including going to his favorite bar to drink (which he started in earnest after his wife died some 20 years previously) and dance till all hours. He told me several times that the secret to his long life was a banana every day, which he said he started as a youth. He also liked cigars. He was a character (a street here in Fort Worth is named after his family). He had an open mind (as my mother does) which I believe prevents 'hardening of the thought process'.
When do you think a person stops being young? I don't think there's a precise time, but I will say there seems to be a major difference between early and late 30s. Despite this though some people still seem youthful well into their 40s.
Why should the spirit of youth ever end? Life is too short to waste any of it!
When you accept total responsibility for your own existence.
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