I open my email this morning and I have received an invitation to obtain, for free, my new wheels.
By wheels I mean my new Power Scooter. Yeaaa...no more walking, running,hiking, biking or any of those things that most "young" people do with their feet. I'm mobile. I can sit my way thru the rest of my life. At least it has a motor so I wont have to rely on others to push me around. Those are the benefits.
     Now the drawbacks of obtaining this email. Somewhere there is a data base that says that I am a possible customer if not now then someday and they may be right. I work now with a lot of people who need help getting around and I'm sure that they scoffed ,like me ,at the thought of ever needing help getting around as they got older. It usually sneaks up on you, age that is, or at least the less appealing side effects of growing older.
    I think a lot about getting older now and seeing people a bit older than makes me think of what I might become. It also makes me think about what some of these people where like when they were younger. They weren't born this way. They were young and vibrant once. Most of them have broken down bodies but minds that are still young. Most have no regrets and understand that this is how life works. If we are lucky we have a beginning a middle and an end. If we are one of the lucky ones.