I suppose it is a sign of maturity when you do what you swore you’d never do.
You see, it takes some growing up to realize that a lot of decisions that you made when you were younger were made at a level of maturity of that era in your life. Now that you have grown up a bit, you could let go of the immature bits and pieces and move on. It also takes courage to accept that you might have been wrong. That you were wrong.
Back in the early 1980′s it became popular to jog. There was a wave of awareness going around that made us realize that we were getting over-weight as a nation, and one of the things we could do to combat it was to execise, and jogging was said to be very effective.
Back then, I weighed a mere 120 lbs and wore size 28 pants (I struggle to get into 36 these days, but it is changing), and I saw no sense in subjecting the body to that kind of torture. What really gave good laughs was when I saw people jogging along the sidewalks in pouring rain, okay, at least in a drizzle. I swore I’d never be silly, crazy or stupid enough to do that.
I got dressed to go for a walk this morning and as I opened the door, I noticed it was raining. Not a hard rain, just a little drizzle. Without a second thought, I shut the door behind me as I headed out for my 15 minute walk. As the rain covered my glasses and made it difficult to see clearly, I wondered, how ever did I get this crazy.
I smiled to myself as I realized that finally at the age of 56, I was growing up.
Is there something you swore you’d never do, but found yourself doing? Share in the comments below or send me an e-mail.