There is no future. Only now.

Getting old isn't the worst thing in the world. Beats the alternative. Not living long enough to get old. Of course, old is a relative term. I'm 75. That may seem young to a 90-year-old. But it's very old to someone in his 20s or 30s. I don't act old. Because I seem to be in good health. I'm still active. Mentally. And physically. Anyway, I once thought of 75 as ancient. A time when one becomes decrepit and sits around in a rocking chair. Or maybe a wheelchair. And needs a hearing aid. And goes senile. But I've avoided all that negative stuff. I'm far more at ease than I thought I'd be at this age. And I don't worry about dying. Because I've learned to live pretty much a day at a time. I don't get too far ahead of myself. There's something nice about that. Being focused on today. Used to be that I worried about the future. But no sense in that. I've always lived in the now. Didn't always know that. But now I do. There is no future. Only now. --Jim Broede