October 27, 2021 : We Are Not as Old as We Think We Are
© 安岡喜晴 (JoyShine)
When I was in high school, I was habitually late for school.
I would get up around 7:00, leave the house at 7:25, sprint to the train station, and barely make it in time to catch the 7:31 train.
If I missed that train, I would be late for school. So those 6 minutes were very important to me at that time.
More than 25 years have passed since then, and those memories have been swept away by the waves of time.
Whenever I remember it, I always feel that young people are so great, so great that they seem to me to be out of this world.
As for me, as time goes by, I easily get tired both physically and mentally, and I always feel jealous of young people's vitality.
Today I went to work by train. I woke up, got ready to go out, but I was in a crucial situation again, I had to reach the station in 9 minutes in order not to be late.
So I had to sprint to the station like I did more than 25 years ago. Surprisingly, I made it to the station in 6 minutes, the same time as when I was a senior high school student!
Unbelievable! Can this really happen? It's been more than 25 years since those days!
Today I came to know that we are not as old as we think we are, that what really ages is not the body, but the mind.
I'm really happy to see that I still have the same potential that I had in high school.