Question for you 50 year olds

[cj7zrcool]

Well...if you were 49, turning 50 is better than the alternative! I turn 45 in two weeks and just can't figure out how time is zipping by so fast. Just seems like I was in high school a few short years ago, now I'm a grandpa! No matter, time ain't slowin' down for nobody! Live life like everyday is your last, show your family and friends that you love them and turn the rest over to the Lord.

[ZZ Pops]

I don't spend a lot of time looking back, but I do sometimes fret over the growing list of things that I can no longer do, or the things that I can no longer do as well as I once could. "All down hill from here?" - I don't think so, but adjustments have to be made and some limitations accepted. It's just part of the aging process. Let's re-visit this in 10 years.

Oh, and Happy Birthday!

[Bill]

At 54, most of my hunting partners are much younger than me, and I try to if not keep up, to hunt harder than they do. I'm taking the evening volleyball class at the local JC for the 4th time, and try to give the early 20s folks a hard run for their money on the court on Monday nights. I do wear Active Ankle braces to prevent a future injury from coming down hard on an ankle and injuring myself.

Eyes go and knees/back get sore, it takes more work to keep the tire around the middle from growing.

A good friend of mine is a Priest and a Cistercian Monk (long but good story). He was invited by Mother Teresa to visit Calcutta in 1994 to give a series of religious retreats and seminars to the sisters in the Mother House as they call it. When Father Luke met her, she asked how old he was. He said 60-something, but asked her, "how old are you?".

Her answer sums it all up.

"I'm 84" Mother Teresa said, but poking herself in the middle of her chest with her finger, added "But I have the heart of a 16 year old girl!".

THAT is the answer, or the secret. You have to grow old, but you do not have to grow up.

[alng8r]

I turn 52 this Sunday and everyone else seems to be getting older. As long as I stay away from the mirror, I'm not. Keep in shape, but don't try ALL the things you did at 25. as the man said, I ain't as good as I once was. Time flies faster each year that passes. Unfortunately I am starting to understand the phrase: "Youth is wasted on the young".
Don't dwell on the past, live ife to the fullest and keep God as #1 and all will go as he has planned.

[Berretta Man]

I hit 50 next month. Physically I don't feel the change, seems like I ache every morny for the the last 10 years. But here lately seems like short term memory comes and goes and that is agrivating me. But life is what you make of it and I plan on living my life not waiting for it to be over.

[kornsqueezer]

Turned 58 last March. Only medical problems ,except MD caused, has been high blood pressure. I keep it under control with meds. I limit my stalks to 3 miles one way. I am looking forward to 60 and hope I can still use the climber out at Somerville WMA.

[tex4k]

The biggest problem I've had is my 32yr and 25yr sons, they never let me forget how old I'm gettin'

[muzzlebrake]

. as the man said, I ain't as good as I once was.

But are ya as good once as you ever was?

Now it takes me all night to do once what I used to do all night

[Legdog]

happy birthday!

[barnett77859]

I dont think being over 50 is to bad its the prime of your life.
you have more experance than the younger guys. Seem I
have learned to have more fun and enjoy the moments more.
Learned that to many beers hurt the next day. Get to bed a little earler.
and live a little slower and enjoy it a little more. Those buck still get my heart
pumping we they show up at the feeder. I just thank god so much for keeping me healthy and my family for putting up with me.

[mjhaverkamp]

I guess as long as I can climb up in a tree and pull that 70lb Reezen back I am good to go for awhile, thanks guys and good luck this weekend, I am out, my wife is throwing me a big surprise party that I am not supposed to know about.

[muddydog]

Well Im almost there at 45. My wife tells me I still have the body of two 18 yr. olds!

[tpack]

I don`t think it is downhill but you can`t get away with the things you did when you were 30.Like eating whatever you want whenever you want it.I`ll be 51 in december and i`ll admit I don`t have the energy like I did even 10 years ago. I bought a treadmill just this week so me and my wife could exercise more and try to be more healthy. We eat at home 90% of the time and have been trying to eat better the last couple of years. Everyone gets older that is a given, but 50 is only a number. I am not over weight and in good physical shape but staying that way every year get harder.

[Bill M]

I turned 50 today, I feel about the way I did when I turned 30, getting old stinks but I guess it beats the alternative, is it really all down hill from here or is 50 really the new 39 ?

Since I hit 50 every year goes by faster so it must be. Seems like yesterday I hit 50 and I'll turn 56 in about 2 1/2 months!

[hotdog]

Im 52 as long as I can pull back my bow Im good to go !!