Rebuilding Rob

As WordPress continues to recycle old prompts, I pulled another prompt from The Coffee Monsterz Co to respond to today

Do you have a physical insecurity that you have come to love or accept over time?

I can’t say that I have a physical insecurity that I have since come to accept. Any physical insecurities I have are still just that…insecurities.

The closest I come to this is having gray hair. it used to bother me. The thought of getting older terrified me. But at 51, I realize that the years have also given me experience, and from that I have attained wisdom.

I tend to wear my few gray hairs like a badge of go honor. I’ve earned them. Now, whenever I see a younger, more virile person nearby, I think to myself “don’t worry kid. You’ll get here one day”.

When I was younger, and I would purchase alcohol, I was almost offended when someone asked to see my identification to verify my age. It doesn’t happen as much anymore and I miss it. In my case, it’s probably the beard. I probably have more gray hairs in my beard than I do on my head. I’m sure that once in a while, someone catches the 19– on my date of birth and think “oh yeah, he’s good.”

Of course, coming along with the gray hair is the inevitably aches and pains. I’m making more of a conscious effort to go to the gym on a semi-regular basis, which definitely helps. Otherwise my legs and my knees are a little bit stiffer. Walks seem a little bit longer; and flights or stairs seem to be a little taller.

I went to the gym on Wednesday – for first time since Kid 2 went back to X2’s house on Monday. I saw some older guys at the gym. Some had pretty good physiques; others, you could tell were there just so they could stay in shape, and be active. I would hope that I will be low in if those older guys too. I don’t even want to be a jacked old man. But after seeing Mother being confined to her bed, I want to keep moving g for an along as I possibly can.

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