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Recognizing Self-Imposed Limitations
Do you really know what your body can and cannot do?
It is all too easy to believe that getting older means falling apart. Your vision becomes less clear, your joints crack, pop, and ache more easily, and your hair turns white.
Is this really the natural progression of things? Or have we simply accepted it for what it is, and determined that it cannot be fought?
This is more than just aging when it comes to knowing your body. In general, your body can be as strong, flexible, and malleable as you believe it to be…or not.
I know this first-hand. I have broken many bones, strained and injured multiple muscles, and I can frequently beat most people in a coolest/nastiest scar competition.
On top of this, I have been between 20 and 80 pounds overweight more-or-less my whole life. However, I still take frequent walks, prefer stairs to elevators for five-floors or fewer, and participate in medieval fencing from 1–3 times per week.
Finally, I recently turned 47. A year ago the optometrist prescribed glasses for distance vision (primarily for driving) and recommended readers for certain small and off-color fonts.
I am heavyset, damaged, middle-aged and still really active. Sure, I know I have a few…
