A Beatles Song

This year, I’m a Beatles song. All year. No, not “You Can’t Do That”. I can still pretty much do everything I’ve ever done. Maybe a little more carefully, but still……….I can do cartwheels, skip, jump rope, do 100 crunches. No, not “The Fool On The Hill”, although some might argue with me about that. Certainly not “Slow Down”. Not for me. Life is short. You need to speed up; you have less time. It could be “Shout”. I seem to do a lot of that, shouting from soapboxes about taking responsibility for your own life, your own decisions, your future. I could be a “Paperback Writer”, but I’m not. But I could be!

My new mantra could be “Let It Be”, but of course I will never let it be when it could be so much more.  “I Should Have Known Better” could be my theme song…but that’s not it. And I could be “Here, There, and Everywhere” this year. That is possible. I might be “With a Little Help From My Friends”.  Going it alone gets harder than I’d like. I could use some help here and there, so long as those friends don’t dictate what I should and shouldn’t do with my life.

What I really am is 64, as in: “When I’m 64”, the 1967 Beatles song. And all those other songs (see above)?  They all fall into line. When you’re 20, 64 seems like you are really old, gray haired, slightly overweight, a great baker and a frumpy grandmother. Of course, that was in 1712. When I was 20, that view was more popular than you would imagine.

But now that I am a Beatles song, and 2 of the 4 Beatles are no longer with us, 64 is only half way to 128, a reasonable age to live, if I take care of myself. Well, getting to here wasn’t so hard. I expect the next 64 years to take a little more concentration, a few more workouts, developing new friendships, keeping active. That means moving even more than now.

But 128? It’s possible. Maybe I’ll only make 117. Which wouldn’t be bad either.

That’s Aging Intelligently!