In my mind, anyway.
But it’s an Olympic year so I have to fantasize about how great an
athlete I used to be.
To see me now you wouldn’t think that when I was young I was
pretty athletic. I played tennis almost
every day, I cycled constantly and I helped form a fencing club in high school. I sucked at middle distances but I was a good
sprinter and long distance runner.
These days I’m a disabled old man.
To be honest I wasn’t in good shape even before I got this
bad.
That I never pursued athletics is a major regret for me now. I’m not saying that I would have made it to
the Olympics. I may never have amounted
to much at all but I’ll never know. I
blame no one but myself and I realize that this is slightly delusional, but I’m
human. I think things like this from
time to time.
I did have some athletic ability and I did not use my
physical ability to its fullest. But
that isn’t really the point. That is all
in the past. There’s a more important
question.
What will I regret not doing 10 years from now?
Or to put that the way I mean it – what should I pursue now
so I don’t regret not doing it 10 years from now?
That question is in no way limited to physical activity.
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