The oldest I felt in life was after my twin boys had reached the age of one. It felt like I did not sleep the entire year, and the exhaustion was overwhelming. But now it is more than 16 years later and I feel quite a bit younger. In fact, I feel little different than I did half a lifetime ago.
I could not pass for that age if I tried and I have plentiful grey hair to prove my driver’s license correct. But youth is more a store of energy than a collection of candles. I have ample energy to keep up with whatever physical challenge I face and I have enough mental energy to take on any quest I force upon myself.
Do I know how I will feel in six months or six years? Of course not. But I feel blessed to have reached a stage in life where I have experienced enough to have perspective with enough energy to do something with it. We do not have to surrender to glide paths and nostalgia in life, we can wake up each day with a new beginning.