Forever Young

My life is interesting... always finding clues as I walk my path.
Lately this term has been popping up everywhere... "forever young"
Fascinating how it calls to me from so many directions

I'm not afraid of growing old, this world insures that will occur eventually...
Wisdom that I search for comes with time and experience...
"Youth is wasted on the young" is a quote I've heard before, but wisdom may be wasted on the aged.
So many people accept that as the months are torn off the calendar, so are the possibilities!

Working on a college campus, I am shocked at times by those that feel "24" is old or that someone "my age" is somehow different. I rarely , if ever share a number because I don't fit in their box. The things i do defy the norm and biological aging is very independent of the calendar. I'm like a dog where we have to multiple by 7 to get a "correct age". Except with me you subtract 15 and then use a complex algebra formula that factors in yoga sessions, board & cycle wipeouts, and the number of miles driven in freeway traffic. Usually I just say, "how old would you guess I am?" followed with a "good guess!" I don't care, so why should you?!?!

So it leads me back to forever young. Since the Spirit never dies...
May we remember that "we are not here for very long..."
I pursue excellence, and though hair my gray, wrinkles define, and my memories give me away...
So please don't ask me to "act my age"...
I will be forever young.