Young Minds!

I am still young, at least in my mind I think that way. While watching this commercial that someone emailed me I laughed and then had to show it to the grandkids who also laughed. Then I realized that we were looking at this video in different ways.

They were laughing at the absurdity of old people thinking that they could possibly look like young people, and I was laughing because I know that most of us older people still think that we are young.

Now I will grant you that I have probably never looked like the young girls in the video, and I know that I do not look like the older women in the video because I have not reached their age. I do have a while to go before I get to their age but sometimes due to body aches and pains, I do feel as old as they look, but my brain still thinks that I am as young looking as the beautiful girls. And if you have seen my pictures of when I was young, well then you know why my brain likes to at least pretend I still look like that.

And pretend it does. I dye my hair to hide the gray hairs. I use wrinkle prevention cremes by the barrelful. I stay out of the sun and have turned white as a ghost. I keep up to date on what the young people watch and listen to. I text. I facebook. I email. I blog. I buy the latest tech gadget.

Let's face some facts here. I have learned one thing at my age, I am what I am. I dye my hair when the gray hairs have grown so long that I should just give up. I have to use the cremes because my skin is so dry. I stay out of the sun to prevent more skin cancer. I am white as a ghost and I am not white. I know what the young people watch and listen to because the grandkids are here watching and listening to it. I text and email to stay in touch with my offspring. I facebook for the same reason. But I blog because I enjoy it and all of you out in Bloggyworld. And I buy the latest tech gadgets because I am a sucker for anything new in the tech world. I, like Alan, can hardly wait until I can afford to buy an iPad.

For all you young people out there who laugh at the old people in the video, I hope someday that you make it to their age, heck I hope I make it to their age, because if we don't then that means we are dead. And trust me getting old and letting your brain think you are young is a lot better then dying. Just ask...............