Riding my bicycle today, I reached a point at which my heart was hammering and I felt a little nauseous. I told Livia that I had hit my limit. Livia tried to encourage me. She said, “You should push past your limits.” I replied, “At your age you can do that, and it will make you better. At my age, it’ll give you a heart attack.”
Yeah, I know that that wasn’t the most inspirational or cheerful thing to say to a child. And one could debate whether or not it was only prudence that made me stop. But none of that changes the fact that what I said is true. I am getting old, and lately I have been really feeling my age 🙁