Reena’s Exploration Challenge #81- As The Years Go By

As we age, stuff has a bad habit of going wrong.

We don’t move as quickly nor as agilely as we once did. Things hurt that didn’t hurt before.

It’s as if there is a darkness descending upon us. Our eyes need stronger glasses, our hearing suffers, and our will to live is challenged in so many ways.

Each morning and night we treat ourselves to a handful of drugs designed to keep us alive one more day, and we are told if we don’t stick a healthy diet and exercise regularly there may well be dire consequences.

Along with that, we have to contend with the press and every health guru telling us that 60 is the new 40. Rubbish I say, our bodies are subject to years of neglect by that age, things are wearing out, our internal organs have been abused through years of poor eating and…