Young in spirit

"The spirit is always young no matter how old the flesh."


I do this every once in awhile to make sure it's really me.  I look in the mirror.


It's true.  Oh, not just a glance, or when I'm shaving, but on purpose, eye ball to eye ball.
I take my time.  I study my face. 


I step back. I move in closer.  No it's not vanity.  I am just checking to make sure it's really me.


You see, the image I have of myself is etched in my mind.  It's not an image as a teen.  It's not an image of a young man.  I am somewhere between now and then.  Somewhere between, "I liked this point in my life" and "I have to accept that I am older now."


Who I refer to as the "real me," is alive and well inside.  I'm just looking out through the eyes of an older man. 


I am mature enough to know better, but young enough to still take chances.


I am old enough to have learned what works and what doesn't and young enough to reject "I can't"


I don't do my mirror check to break my spirit.  I do it because I know as long as I can look
in the mirror and know deep in my heart I am, in spirit, still young, then there lies ahead of me many
years of adventure, potential, and hope.


"Live an inspired life!"
Bob Perks
www.Ok2Be.Me