's motd Sunday July 13, 2008

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I...AM...60!

Sunday, 13 July 2008

Why that wasn't so hard to write! Well, okay...maybe just a little. I got up this morning and took a good look at my 60 year-old face. I said to myself, "Hmmm, do I need a little plastic surgery? A face lift, maybe? An eye job? A thinner nose? More lips, more cheeks"...and then I stopped myself. "Naahh, I don't think so right now!"

Then I thought maybe there must be some new cream out. You know, like one made specifically for people like me, just hitting their 60's. A cream with magical ingredients from the hills of the Himalayas or something. Nope, again! I'm not going to spend 500 bucks on a jar of some cream that offers dubious promises on how much "younger" you'll look after using it!I also took at good look at my body in the mirror this morning thinking as I looked..."Not so bad! All of that exercise has kept my body looking pretty young. Well, except for there, there...and there."Then I took a look at my wardrobe and had thoughts like these..."Boy, just look at all of those tank tops hanging there. I'm 60 now! Should I still be wearing tank tops and my little Dolfin shorts...at my age? Maybe it's time to go for a different look. Something more casual, something more...adult! Maybe a golf shirt and a pair of Dockers. Or maybe I'll go to Brothers and let them put together a conservative makeover for me."

But why stop with the clothes? Maybe I should consider getting a new hairstyle. I mean, you don't see too many 60 year-old men walking around with a bowl of hair on their heads, ya' know!Maybe I should talk deeper. Maybe I should grow a mustache or a beard. A lot of 60 year-old men have facial hair...the distinguished look! And maybe I should take up chess and start playing it in the park with all of the other men my age. Wow, there's just so much to think about changing about yourself when you turn 60.

But you know what? I don't feel 60, I really don't. I don't think 60. And, God knows, I surely don't act 60. So, I don't want to change. I just want to be me...only a little older than I was years ago.You know that between the ages of 60 and 70, your body does its major aging. In other words, these are the years when your body begins to take a real "dive." LOL.But I believe that if I continue to work out, like I've always done. And if I continue eating healthy most of the time, like I've always done then I'll be able to beat that clock a little.

Now some of you will be turning 30 this year, or 40 or 50. And, like I did, you're going to walk up to that mirror and take a good look at yourself. And I hope you'll realize that if you want to keep looking good and feeling young, you'll have to follow the basic rules to make sure that you do. To stay looking and feeling young, you've got to eat healthy, exercise regularly and keep that attitude about yourself strong and positive!I enjoyed writing this first message to you here at the start of my 60th year. Thank You for helping me stay forever young with your priceless friendship!Love,