Age is a State of Mind

     I'll turn another year older in a couple of days.  If I were a tree there would be another ring around the old trunk.  Even so this old tree does not feel any different than he did  twelve months ago.  Between middle age and old age, what do I call myself?  Sometimes I think I'm 40 and other times I think I'm 70.  Neither is true but age is really only a state of mind isn't it?  Bragging to myself I don't won't to admit I am on the downside of the hill and picking up speed.  I don't require an afternoon nap, don't moan too much when I bend over, and can still chase most techies  around when it comes to modern technology.  But I choose a night in rather than a night out and sometimes choose comfort rather then style in wardrobe selections.  I don't want to be in between!  How about 30 well maybe 40 no really 50 maybe even 20 if  I'm walking across the University of Texas campus.
     Age is only a state of mind.  If one tries to live somewhat of a healthy lifestyle, old age can be kept at bay for a little while.  In today's modern world, age is becoming less and less significant.   Before I start feeling too good about myself  I better pull out the old Texas Driver's License, date of birth 1952!   There's no getting around that date, it is what is is but it's a state of mind right?  I can still read that license with out putting on reading glasses.  20, 30, 40, 50, 60  I'll keep telling myself age is a state of mind when I'm sucking dinner through  a straw.