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When your body is 65

Everyone needs one thing in life that's going good. If your good thing is work, I feel sorry for you. If your good thing is partying with friends, you'll see a lot of partying. But that's about all you'll ever do. If your good thing is loving that special someone, it'll give you immense fulfillment for a long time. Except when it doesn't, and you'll be down in the dumps. If your good thing is something that gives you personal joy - painting, writing, photography, anthropology, philanthropy, reading, making plane models, pottery, or just plain ol' fixing things around the house. It's the only time you have that will guarantee you a good night's sleep every time you do it. Do something alone. Everyday if you can. It's the time you deserve to yourself and your happiness. Fight for this time. Be selfish for it. It's this time that'll keep you young at heart even when your body is 65.

Zero. Forever.

Got my first flash of inspiration. Wrote a few lines. Gathered some applause. Felt invincible. Unstoppable. The next time, did something good too. Fueled more by excitement than by inspiration. Stuck the the recipe. Enhanced the good. Presented, confident. But applause was conspicuous by absence. Brought me back to the ground. But dejected not. Just in the know, I create best when I'm a no body.