Mortality Combat

I woke up the other morning and I was faced with the one thing every man dreads. And no it's probably not what you're thinking. I don't know what you are thinking, but I'm pretty sure it's not it! Most men will understand this and most women will need to at some point. Yes I am going some where with this, be patient. I woke up and was faced with my own mortality. All women at this point believe I'm speaking of death, I'm not. I'll go out on a limb and say most men are more afraid of losing their youth than actually dying. When we watch Superman, Batman, Star Wars, etc, we don't see the fiction, we see the reality. There is not a man out there that at some point did not believe he could leap tall buildings or fly( I'm sure some even tried) or yield a light saber and defeat Darth Vader. You see every man believes he is James Dalton or Wade Garrett from Road House. It's part of our nature! I'm 32 and I still believe that if I lose 20 or so pounds I'll be able to dunk a volley ball (I say volley ball because I have small hands and can't palm a basketball). I have not accomplished this feat since I was 18. Now science tell us at 19 we start to lose some of our spring and I have a left ankle (my jumping ankle) that is a few ligaments short of a picnic, but deep in my heart I still believe. You can't convince me I couldn't still run a sub 16 min three mile. I'd most likely pass out after the second mile and even then be no where near that pace. You can call me delusional! I call me a man. I'm really look at celebs today. You couldn't convince Steven Tyler he's too old to wear stretch pants. You can't convince the great Michael Jordan, at the age of 46, that he couldn't still be the best in the NBA. And I know for a fact that you can't convince me that with a little practice I couldn't be the greatest guitar player ever. The truth is every man is Roy McAvoy from Tin Cup. We'd keep dropping it because we can make it over that water. In fact even that was real. It's based on Gary McCord who needed a birdie to win the Champions Tour. The only thing that stood between him and that birdie was a water hazard. He took his first shoot and splash into the water. So he did it again..... and again...... and again until he finished the hole with a 15. Any way I play basketball on Thursdays. I hadn't played in a while and when I woke up the next morning I felt like someone had kicked the crap out of me. I guess rightfully so I had the bruises to prove that, but I guess I'm not getting any younger. Don't get the wrong impression I still think all 5 foot 8 inches of me is 7 foot and bullet proof. I guess the point is to all the women out there if you see your man getting older and he can do the things he once did but tries, don't get frustrated he doesn't know better!