Aging Doesn't Matter

The best male marathon runner in the world is 37. The best female marathon runner in the world is 49. The best writers in the world write their first hit after 60. The life expectancy of cats has doubled in the last decade.

CATS.

We are not old. We aren't getting old. Our decisions, seemingly permanent, aren't. We are not one life. We are many lives.

If at 35 I can learn the value of reggaeton, anything is possible.

This is the era of mRNA and CRISPR. It's the era of pods and finstas. It's the end of patriotism. It's the beginning of belonging to the tribe we choose. Not the one we're assigned.

Things are coming. The cure for knee pain is coming. More wonderful music is coming. Stories we can't even imagine are coming. Incredible people are coming into our lives. And horrible people we will overcome.

New landscapes and cities will come. Money and bankruptcy and expensive ramen and cheap ramen. New homes, new roofs, new smells.

Journeys to the cosmos, to the mind, and to the heart.

At 40. At 50. At 90. At 120.

We are not old. We aren't getting old. We are not one life. We are many lives.

And we will never be bored.