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I am 85 years old and this song rings so true. When you are young you think that you will live forever, that you will keep your youthful looks and healthy body. For those who do manage to keep their good looks beyond that certain age, and to maintain an active life, I envy you. I did all of the right things over the years. Competitive swimming, weight training, boxing, tae kwando, rock climbing, mountaineering, long distance walking and served with the Royal Marines. I also followed a very healthy diet. Now I am hampered by poor circulation in both legs due to DVT and I have lived with lymphoma since 2012. On the occasions when I am able to visit the pubs and cafes I used to visit with my friends I can sit at the same table around which we would spend many happy hours. Sadly, the other chairs are empty. All my friends have now gone before me, save for one who is confined to a wheelchair and I see only rarely. Time has passed so quickly but my memories haven't faded. I can see their faces and hear their voices and their laughter. I can remember my first love from when we first met to when we sadly had to part because her family were moving back to their roots in Hartlepool. I look in the mirror now and see a face so different in every way from how I looked then. In my head I am the same person but just a lot wiser. My body just an old banger really. I look back at my young days in the sun. Mostly happy some sad but all grist to the mill that has made me who I am today. I look back to those days with great fondness because yes for me the 50s and 60s were the days. Now I live for the present and enjoy what I can of it. For the future, I do not dwell on it. The candle must be getting ever closer to the end of its wick. I don't worry about it; one day it will splutter and go out. I shall leave with few regrets as to how I have lived my life. To today's young I say, seize the day, wring everything you can out of it. That day only comes once in your lifetime.
