Reply #2: Yes! I'm living so hard and thoroughly I can hardly get out of my own way.

[kayakjohnny]

I have a million things that interest me, I get to play every day. As well as work. And care for others.

But I'm a great multi-tasker and I get so much with my time, I can hardly believe it.

And I still have (at 53) plenty of raw energy to back it up.

I live hard and full because the clock is ticking, on me and on all of us.

And I can look back on my life with great satisfaction, at this point.

Jack London said it best....

"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."