Why is it that the older we get the more we ache?
When we were young our body allowed us to take just about anything life would throw at us. The bumps, the falls, bounces, collisions and accidents that occurred on a daily basis. Those little impacts with foreign objects that many times we didn't even realize had happened. Maybe a day or so later your friend may bring that bruise to your attention with "hey what did you do there?" You would look at it, scan back through your last couple of days activities and reply "hell if I know". After laughing at yourself you would continue on, living life to the fullest.
But when you start to get "older" the human body, somewhere along the way, makes a decision that it is going to let you know of every little accident that you have had and its usually almost immediately.
No longer do you walk around the house "barefooted", I do, but I'm a glutton for pain. We arm ourselves with house shoes or that old pair of "leathers" that your wife won't let you be seen in public in . I can remember as a teenager walking everywhere barefoot, except sticker burr fields. We learn to steer clear of those things that want to jump out and hit you just as you walk by or we slow down and watch where we are going...
Now... our bodies no longer let us get away with what it once did. It usually reminds you of these little collisions with foreign objects as you sit at night watching your favorite show. You know what I mean... That little "ache" somewhere in your body, that starts small then slowly builds to the point that you can no longer concentrate on trying to be the first to answer the question before the contestants on your game show. Been there? You know, when your "better half" says what did he say? and your answer is "I'm not sure, I was thinking about something else"...
So.. you start looking around for the over-the-counter pain relief pills that are usually sitting close by. Yea, there they are right beside your "night medicine" pills lined up waiting your attention. Those "fix it all" pills your Doctor prescribed you to allow you to make it through the night or just to get you out of his examination room.
My question is... Why does this all happen when we get "older"? Have we not been through enough already? Isn't this suppose to be the part of life when we are to enjoy what we have worked so long for to achieve?
What I think is what we need is a General Purpose, Old Person Numb Pill. Not anything that will put us off into La La Land or mentally stalls you but one that will allow us to not have to put up or feel the little aches and pains of getting old... And it needs to be something that you can take about once a year... Maybe on your Birthday, maybe just put it in your Birthday Cake, you know try to blow out all them Damn Candles and eat your Numbing Pill.
But then again... That's just one of my crazy ideas.... where's my Motrin?
Johnny
When we were young our body allowed us to take just about anything life would throw at us. The bumps, the falls, bounces, collisions and accidents that occurred on a daily basis. Those little impacts with foreign objects that many times we didn't even realize had happened. Maybe a day or so later your friend may bring that bruise to your attention with "hey what did you do there?" You would look at it, scan back through your last couple of days activities and reply "hell if I know". After laughing at yourself you would continue on, living life to the fullest.
But when you start to get "older" the human body, somewhere along the way, makes a decision that it is going to let you know of every little accident that you have had and its usually almost immediately.
No longer do you walk around the house "barefooted", I do, but I'm a glutton for pain. We arm ourselves with house shoes or that old pair of "leathers" that your wife won't let you be seen in public in . I can remember as a teenager walking everywhere barefoot, except sticker burr fields. We learn to steer clear of those things that want to jump out and hit you just as you walk by or we slow down and watch where we are going...
Now... our bodies no longer let us get away with what it once did. It usually reminds you of these little collisions with foreign objects as you sit at night watching your favorite show. You know what I mean... That little "ache" somewhere in your body, that starts small then slowly builds to the point that you can no longer concentrate on trying to be the first to answer the question before the contestants on your game show. Been there? You know, when your "better half" says what did he say? and your answer is "I'm not sure, I was thinking about something else"...
So.. you start looking around for the over-the-counter pain relief pills that are usually sitting close by. Yea, there they are right beside your "night medicine" pills lined up waiting your attention. Those "fix it all" pills your Doctor prescribed you to allow you to make it through the night or just to get you out of his examination room.
My question is... Why does this all happen when we get "older"? Have we not been through enough already? Isn't this suppose to be the part of life when we are to enjoy what we have worked so long for to achieve?
What I think is what we need is a General Purpose, Old Person Numb Pill. Not anything that will put us off into La La Land or mentally stalls you but one that will allow us to not have to put up or feel the little aches and pains of getting old... And it needs to be something that you can take about once a year... Maybe on your Birthday, maybe just put it in your Birthday Cake, you know try to blow out all them Damn Candles and eat your Numbing Pill.
But then again... That's just one of my crazy ideas.... where's my Motrin?
Johnny
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