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is just a date on a calendar; attitude is what counts. You can be old
at twenty-nine and young at ninety-two. Larry King once interviewed Ty
Cobb, one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He asked Cobb,
who was now seventy years old, 'What do you think you'd hit if you were
playing these days?' Cobb, a lifetime .366 hitter (still the record)
replied, 'About .290, maybe .300.' King asked, 'Is that because of
travel, the night games, the artificial turf, and all the new pitches
like the slider?' Cobb responded, 'No. It's because I'm seventy!' Here
are three great benefits to having lived longer: 1) You are more
tolerant. Having fallen into many of life's potholes yourself, you're
quicker to extend a helping hand when others fall into them. Having
survived defeats and lived to fight another day, you're qualified to
offer strength and hope to those who struggle. 2) You are more humble. A
man who had just celebrated his fiftieth wedding anniversary said, 'A
man is always as young as he feels, but seldom as important.' Realising
that the world doesn't stop at your command or cater to your whims, you
become more realistic. And in the process you find peace. 3) You value
time. Margaret Deland said, 'As soon as you feel too old to do a thing,
do it.' Start by asking yourself, 'If not me, who? If not now, when?'
Here's a promise from Scripture you can stand on: 'They shall still bear
fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing.' Now get up off
the couch and get going.
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