I was reading some studies on how to live healthier and longer. The average length of life for men in the United States is 76 years. I am six months from 76 years old. The study said that if I exercise 90 minutes a day, I have a 40% chance of living to be 90; if I increase that to two hours a day, I have a 50% chance of living to 90 years old.

I wouldn’t mind dying tomorrow, but if God is going to keep me around longer than that, I would like to feel reasonably good and be able to continue to do things that make a difference in other people’s lives.

Exercising becomes increasingly difficult to motivate myself to do as I get older, and most people my age or older would agree with that. The reason for the increasing struggle to exercise is the decreasing level of energy. It seems that I am tired 30 minutes after I get up, and that is on my good days, and the last thing I want to do is exercise. And another reason is that my joints ache, my muscles ache, and my head aches. It isn’t an excruciating kind of pain, just annoying. But it certainly discourages exercising.

Oh well, as John Wick says, “Such is life,” so quit whining and get on with it.