Past the use-by date

According to society, I am an old man, I am into my 60′s. I am determined not to turn into an old monster with a body that wants to lie down and die.

I am not concerned about dying, in fact, I find this planet to be a very inconvenient place to spend a life. I am only staying around because the love of my infinite life, my wife Lina, is with me.

I see a gap between now and death and that gap should be filled with as much fun and passion as I can manage. It would be stupid to fill it with illness, meanness and miserableness. To defeat these debilitating attitudes I keep myself very fit and am forever seeking new creative expression through both my art and my writing.

I am an active black belt in Tae Kwon do and also regularly train in boxing. This is to give me the advantage of a long punch when sparring with those young people who want to keep kicking me in the head – all for fun of course, but it still hurts!

Step back, it's him!

I am an old man in the school but that does not stop me getting in and facing the fists and feet as they flash before my face, barely missing my not-so-lightning-quick body. That is my way of laughing all of the way to my death.

However, on a more serious note… imagine how horrible it would be to live to be very old and be debilitated because of an unhealthy and inflexible body… I’d rather be dead!