You feel too old to play
You feel like play is behind you — a thing for children and the young, not for someone your age. You have grown too old, too dignified, too settled for fun and foolishness, and you watch others enjoy themselves with a quiet sense that your time for that has passed. You feel too old to play.
Too old to play — said the man to the eight-hundred-year-old fool still telling jokes. Let me argue you out of it. No one is too old to play; they only decide they are — play does not check your age at the door, only you do, standing guard and turning yourself away, for the old man who plays and laughs has simply declined to believe the rumor that play belongs only to the young. Play keeps you young better than any potion — the playful old are the young old, light and alive, while the grimly dignified age into stone before their time, so if you must be practical, there is no better preservative for the spirit than a laugh. And find the play that fits who you are now — the garden, the game of wits, the grandchild, the joke told well, for there is a foolishness proper to every age, and the wise old fool finds his. What play would suit the you of right now?
What changes unlock by starting
- You see too-old-to-play is a choice you made
- You know play keeps the spirit young
- You stop turning yourself away at the door
- You find the play that fits who you are now