Lessons Learned

This is cute and also not true in my case.  I do exercise my mind and my body.  It seems the older I get, the more certain things matter and others don’t.  For example, it’s no longer about a number on the scale but the number of my blood pressure reading, my cholesterol count , or the number of questionable looking moles my dermatologist has removed. 

Yes, with age come perspective and the wisdom to choose our actions more wisely.  I still care very much about my clothing choices, my make-up and hair routines, sunscreen, what I choose to eat or drink, and yes, exercise. 

I was at the gym one day and walked past the dance room while a Zumba class was in motion.  It was a packed room.  One young woman was standing right in front of the double-glass doorway with her back to me.  She was pear shaped with quite a large caboose.  You couldn’t miss that fact as she wore a gold belt which consisted of several ropes with gold disks attached all over them, wrapped nearly completely around her short-shorts.  Those gold disks shook mightily as she moved.  Her presentation was all about the desire for attention…”look at me, look at me!”  I had to smile. 

Youth does that to you, makes you lose your mind in certain aspects.  I will admit that I've made made some rather dumb choices myself.  However, there does come a point in time when you do grow up.  So as the numbers of my birth date ascend, I do pay more attention to other numbers associated with my person as a whole.  Exercise – for the mind and the body - really is a good thing!